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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Despite her pristine appearance at the time of her return, McPherson insisted that she’d been tied up and tortured by her captors.
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Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
After being held hostage and shooting her captor in Episode 7, Heather (Margarita Levieva) is invited to a black and white ball by Mayor Fisk himself — an invitation that Matt rightfully views as a threat.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Her captors dressed her in a hijab and drove her in circles for two hours.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
This sequel to a 2022 indie darling casts you as a Sleeper, a robot worker fleeing their gang-boss captor.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
After being held hostage and shooting her captor in Episode 7, Heather (Margarita Levieva) is invited to a black and white ball by Mayor Fisk himself — an invitation that Matt rightfully views as a threat.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Her captors dressed her in a hijab and drove her in circles for two hours.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
This sequel to a 2022 indie darling casts you as a Sleeper, a robot worker fleeing their gang-boss captor.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for captor
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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