Examples of captor in a Sentence
The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Fey and Carlock’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a black comedy about a woman recovering from years of abuse at the hands of a cult-leader captor, isn’t exactly topping my 2026 rewatch list.
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Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
The rewards for information leading to Nancy Guthrie or her captor now total more than $200,000.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
The film shows the captors’ comings and goings, their discussions among themselves, and the captive’s efforts to keep occupied with her few books, with photos, with basic hygiene, and with memory games involving her address book.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
The people writing notes demanding Bitcoin payments have not given proof of Nancy Guthrie’s life, and authorities have not said that these ransom letters are from her actual captors.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
The rewards for information leading to Nancy Guthrie or her captor now total more than $200,000.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
The film shows the captors’ comings and goings, their discussions among themselves, and the captive’s efforts to keep occupied with her few books, with photos, with basic hygiene, and with memory games involving her address book.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
The people writing notes demanding Bitcoin payments have not given proof of Nancy Guthrie’s life, and authorities have not said that these ransom letters are from her actual captors.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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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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