Examples of captor in a Sentence
The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Except in this case, there were no human captors in sight. —
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 Nikitin was drugged and brutalized by his captors in the Soviet psychiatric prisons. —David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026 In a post from March 13th, Shailin addressed her brother’s captors directly. —Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 After six days of marching under the barrel of an assault rifle, Caldwell triggered his group’s escape by pushing one of their captors off a cliff. —Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for captor
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 Nikitin was drugged and brutalized by his captors in the Soviet psychiatric prisons. —David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026 In a post from March 13th, Shailin addressed her brother’s captors directly. —Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 After six days of marching under the barrel of an assault rifle, Caldwell triggered his group’s escape by pushing one of their captors off a cliff. —Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for captor
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 25 Apr. 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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