captor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of captor
1640–50; < Late Latin, equivalent to cap ( ere ) to take + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Since her disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted multiple videos on social media, including making direct appeals to their mother's captor.
From BBC
Since their mother's disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted multiple videos on social media, including making direct appeals to their mother's captor.
From BBC
In the first shock of being caught, he’d heard a scraping of stone, as if his captor were sealing the mound.
From Literature
In some moments, Petrović even managed to see the humanity in his captors, despite his discomfort and constant fear of being killed.
From BBC
The 1974 political kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was front-page news for a year and a half — her abduction, then her announcement that she was joining her captors, then her discovery, arrest, and prosecution.
From Los Angeles Times
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