captor
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Under prize law, the vessels and cargo become the property of the captor and would be auctioned for profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Before the captor could take title to a vessel, he would have to bring the ship into port and have it condemned before a prize court, which would determine the lawfulness of the capture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
The star sat beside the sleeping man, who had once been her captor and had become her companion on the road, and she wondered where her hatred had gone.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Yet they proved fearsome captors, armed with long spears tipped with shark teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
In some moments, Petrović even managed to see the humanity in his captors, despite his discomfort and constant fear of being killed.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
She said her captors were all masked and spoke in the Syrian Arabic dialect.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
The family of the kidnapped mother of a top US TV news anchor made a new plea for information from her captors on Thursday, after investigators said they believed the 84-year-old was still alive.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
When her captors came for her, she made pious noises at diem again and told them how determined she was to confess her sins and be forgiven for all that she had done.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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