hold captive
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It also said the Taliban should free 1,000 government personnel, including military men, they hold captive.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2020
We will credit him with no desire to capture and hold captive the native coolies, but with a longing while still in sight of India's coral strand for the boar and tiger haunts.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt
Moreover, it has declared that the nobleman Gerald d'Armagnac, whom you hold captive, you shall liberate, and deliver him free to us.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
"I have come to deliver Honey-Bee of Clarides whom you unjustly hold captive in your mole-hill, hideous little moles that you are!"
From Honey-Bee 1911 by Mrs. John Lane
Your tales of birds, beast, tree and spirit can not but hold captive the hearts of all children.
From American Indian stories by Zitkala-Sa
