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Recent Examples of captor
At the movie’s end, which departed from the book’s, Heston escapes his captors, makes his way to a barren beach, and discovers the ruins of the Statue of Liberty.
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
With her father’s life threatened, Lisa must find a way to outmaneuver her captor from the confines of a commercial flight.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
In 2019, Kara participated in a 90-minute Lifetime special, Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case, with five other survivors to lend support to Closs, a Wisconsin teen who escaped her captor that same year.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 24 June 2025
The 31-year-old victim managed to get away from the would-be captors, but the suspects got hold of the victim’s phone — and the keys to his apartment.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
With her father’s life threatened, Lisa must find a way to outmaneuver her captor from the confines of a commercial flight.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
In 2019, Kara participated in a 90-minute Lifetime special, Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case, with five other survivors to lend support to Closs, a Wisconsin teen who escaped her captor that same year.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 24 June 2025
The 31-year-old victim managed to get away from the would-be captors, but the suspects got hold of the victim’s phone — and the keys to his apartment.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captor
Noun
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Black Warrant carved out a distinct voice in the crime genre by flipping the lens—from the prisoner to the jailer.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Otherwise, Americans may soon find themselves at the mercy of unaccountable corporate jailers.—
Andres Oppenheimer
July 30,
Miami Herald,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Game wardens responded to the scene and fatally shot the animal, officials said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Former Barcelona reserve keeper Jose Manuel Pinto became a hip hop artist and producer under the nickname Wahin.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The attack lasted 15 minutes before another keeper, identified as Phanom Sitsaeng, was able to reach Rangkharasamee, per Bangkok Post.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His wife, his 14-year-old son and a marshal had been shot dead during the siege.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The job of federal marshal was created in 1789, but the agency’s numbers are small and largely focused on carrying out the work of federal courts.—
Byron Tau,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At the center stands a bronze Caryatid by Louis Félix Chabaud, a classical guardian presiding over a resolutely modern space and anchoring the atrium from below.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The survivors watched in terror as their guardian was relieved of his suit.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The estate is custodian of all works and legacy of Tolkien published during his lifetime, and the joint custodian of works published after his death with the Christopher Tolkien Estate.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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The United Arab Emirates, on the other hand, has provided significant support to the RSF, viewing its commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – widely known as Hemedti – as the custodian of Sudan’s gold exports and the path to its plans for port development along the Red Sea coast.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Had a kidnapper try to pull me inside his van at a bus stop in Arizona.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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During the rescue, one of the doctors is fatally shot by a kidnapper, who is later killed by the French team.—
Time,
Time,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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