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Recent Examples of captor
Wambaugh then adapted his work into the screenplay for Harold Becker’s 1979 film that starred James Woods and Franklyn Seales as the captors and John Savage and Ted Danson as the cops.
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Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere in the hotel, Serena, Demetrius and Derek dodge their armed captors and find a way to escape.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Along with his countrymen Joan de Diego, Casimir Climent and others, Spanish survivor Joaquín López Raimundo compiled lists of Mauthausen victims and their Nazi captors.
—Sara J. Brenneis, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Eventually, these economic troubles cause problems for state captors.
—Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
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Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere in the hotel, Serena, Demetrius and Derek dodge their armed captors and find a way to escape.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Along with his countrymen Joan de Diego, Casimir Climent and others, Spanish survivor Joaquín López Raimundo compiled lists of Mauthausen victims and their Nazi captors.
—Sara J. Brenneis, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Eventually, these economic troubles cause problems for state captors.
—Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captor
Noun
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Those jailers, Rafael Moreno and Joel Garcia, remain listed as defendants alongside six other guards allegedly involved in the altercation.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, and two jailers face murder charges.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Blackwell, the warden, even ordered a full search of Alcatraz on the off chance the men never actually left.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
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Were you tempted to throw your warden into that number in some form or fashion?—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article A Connecticut man has been found guilty of assaulting and injuring a state judicial marshal, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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Brandon Hightower, 38, of Bloomfield, was found guilty in New Britain Superior Court on April 11, to assaulting a state judicial marshal during a courtroom incident last year, according to officials.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The district also has 14 area security managers and about 90 armed guardians, positions that didn’t exist prior to Stoneman Douglas.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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The hackers are now requesting additional ransoms from individual schools for this data, as one Toronto district outlined in a letter this week to parents and guardians.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Mistakes can lead to taxes or penalties, so custodians play a key role in helping account holders stay on track.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Journalists should not be in a position to be asking for approval from hundreds of Colorado government custodians of public records.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
1 May 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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