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
Being before the town we send in a boat under flag of truce to say we hold captive their governor, Don Federigo de Cosalva y Maldonada, demanding for him a sufficient ransom.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Jeffery Farnol
Now they had a crude net, woven, as Dalgard knew, of undersea fibers strong enough to hold captive plunging monsters a dozen times the size of the box.
From Star Born by Andre Norton
There are three powers, three powers alone, able to conquer and to hold captive for ever the conscience of these impotent rebels for their happiness—those forces are miracle, mystery and authority.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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