Examples of captor in a Sentence
The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Missing journalists in Haiti The dangers Haitian continue to face were also reinforced on Monday as the family of two missing journalists and a local media associate pleaded for their release by their captors.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Roger, in chains, talks to his captor like an old peer as the two laugh about battles of old, and Roger asks Garp for a favor before dying.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
As the pressure mounts and their captor—someone with a chilling connection to their past—grows increasingly unstable, Connie and Larry cling to their faith, unsure if help will reach them in time.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by Hezbollah militants; he would be tortured by his captors and killed in 1985.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Roger, in chains, talks to his captor like an old peer as the two laugh about battles of old, and Roger asks Garp for a favor before dying.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
As the pressure mounts and their captor—someone with a chilling connection to their past—grows increasingly unstable, Connie and Larry cling to their faith, unsure if help will reach them in time.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by Hezbollah militants; he would be tortured by his captors and killed in 1985.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 23 Mar. 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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