captor
Example Sentences
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Since her disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted multiple videos on social media, including making direct appeals to their mother's captor.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
That was the case with the tall and lean Ebrahim Azizi, who appears as Eghbal, the man the group believes was their ruthless captor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Under the fugitive slave laws, the burden of proof belonged not to the captor but to the captured.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
While the BBC cannot independently verify their stories, almost all say they are petrified that one day, they might bump into a captor on the street or on a bus.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
I was terrified to see Otto’s captor go over to it.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Vocabulary lists containing captor
Prisoner B-3087
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