captor

[kap-ter] / ˈkæp tər /

NOUN

one who has captured a person or thing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

detainer holder impounder imprisoner incarcerator jailer

STRONG

capturer conqueror conquistador defeater subduer subjugator

WEAK

master overlord owner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deliverer discharger emancipator liberator releaser

WEAK

surrenderer

Example Sentences

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Ramia said officers initially seemed engaged with her case, but stopped taking her calls once they identified her captor.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Her captor did not speak Arabic fluently and had "Asian features", she said, adding that he removed her niqab and took photos.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Under the fugitive slave laws, the burden of proof belonged not to the captor but to the captured.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

Her rescue from her captor, now 63, took place July 9, 2023, outside a laundromat on East 10th Street in Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

I was terrified to see Otto’s captor go over to it.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer