Examples of captor in a Sentence
The men fought their captors and escaped.
Recent Examples on the Web
With no clarity on how many are dead or alive, families have faced an anguishing wait and resent their own leader as well as the captors.
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Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
After a nearly 49-hour police search, Russell returned home and said she had been abducted, held hostage and escaped her captors.
—Maxime Tamsett, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
In one sense, though, the captor’s prediction was correct: Olena would pay.
—Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
The child, frightened that the captor would return for her, didn’t inform her parents until two hours later.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
One of the areas her captors dropped her off was on Figueroa Street.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
They are also beaten so the captors can send a video to their family members and show that they are truly kidnapped.
—Paola Ramos, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The women, so the story goes, ran onto the battlefield as live shields to secure peace between their fathers and Roman captors.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
After their car veers off the road and hits a tree, Allie jams a shard of broken headlight glass into her captor’s eye and escapes.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
After a nearly 49-hour police search, Russell returned home and said she had been abducted, held hostage and escaped her captors.
—Maxime Tamsett, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
In one sense, though, the captor’s prediction was correct: Olena would pay.
—Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
The child, frightened that the captor would return for her, didn’t inform her parents until two hours later.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
One of the areas her captors dropped her off was on Figueroa Street.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
They are also beaten so the captors can send a video to their family members and show that they are truly kidnapped.
—Paola Ramos, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The women, so the story goes, ran onto the battlefield as live shields to secure peace between their fathers and Roman captors.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
After their car veers off the road and hits a tree, Allie jams a shard of broken headlight glass into her captor’s eye and escapes.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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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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