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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Someone in my theater actually screamed when Sherry confirmed it by addressing her captor by his first name, Simon (Ray Nicholson).
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Her captor is Amber, or at least some version of Amber: The detective is in the midst of a heated argument with herself.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
On that day in 1959, Tibetans rose up against their Chinese captors and oppressors.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
One hostage, 65-year-old Keith Siegel, said Friday in a video message addressed to Trump that his captors treated him worse as the war intensified, kicking him, spitting on him and holding him without water or light.
—Jalal Bwaitel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Her captor is Amber, or at least some version of Amber: The detective is in the midst of a heated argument with herself.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
On that day in 1959, Tibetans rose up against their Chinese captors and oppressors.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
One hostage, 65-year-old Keith Siegel, said Friday in a video message addressed to Trump that his captors treated him worse as the war intensified, kicking him, spitting on him and holding him without water or light.
—Jalal Bwaitel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 1 Apr. 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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