Captor
noun
A person or animal that catches and holds another.
The bird managed to escape from its captor.
Often appears as...
- physical captor
- captor and captive
noun
A person or animal that catches and holds another.
The bird managed to escape from its captor.
Often appears as...
- physical captor
- captor and captive
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Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Captor implies a power imbalance, suggesting one is controlled or imprisoned by another.
The hostages grew increasingly fearful of their captor.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Captor' often carries a negative tone, as captivity is usually against the will of the one being held.
News reports portrayed the captor as a cruel villain.
Pro Tip 3/3Escaping Captivity
Uses of 'captor' often involve scenarios where the captive tries to escape or is released.
After days of planning, she slipped away from her captor in the night.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Captor implies a power imbalance, suggesting one is controlled or imprisoned by another.
The hostages grew increasingly fearful of their captor.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Captor' often carries a negative tone, as captivity is usually against the will of the one being held.
News reports portrayed the captor as a cruel villain.
Pro Tip 3/3Escaping Captivity
Uses of 'captor' often involve scenarios where the captive tries to escape or is released.
After days of planning, she slipped away from her captor in the night.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Captor implies a power imbalance, suggesting one is controlled or imprisoned by another.
The hostages grew increasingly fearful of their captor.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Captor' often carries a negative tone, as captivity is usually against the will of the one being held.
News reports portrayed the captor as a cruel villain.
Pro Tip 3/3Escaping Captivity
Uses of 'captor' often involve scenarios where the captive tries to escape or is released.
After days of planning, she slipped away from her captor in the night.
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Video examples
From pacifist to spy:...
sold her address to the Gestapo. Noor refused to give away any information, focusing instead on her escape. Secreting a screwdriver away from the guards, they were able to loosen a skylight and slip out into the night. But just as the prisoners began to run for their lives, an air raid siren alerted her captors.
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The dark history of...
and turn it into a soulless zombi that will perform their bidding. Historically, these zombis were said to be put to work as laborers who needed neither food nor rest and would enrich their captor’s fortune. In other words, zombification seemed to represent the horrors of enslavement
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Can you solve the secret...
to safecracking and reading faces for signs of deception. You’ve tracked the captors to where they’re holding the chef prisoner. From your hiding spot, you can see him on the other side of the glass, while in front of you an interrogator wearing headphones speaks into a microphone.
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How the Monkey King...
The first was that this was no ordinary slumber. The second was that he wasn’t alone. Suddenly, he found himself caught in the clutches of two grisly figures. At first the Monkey King didn’t know who his captors were. But as they dragged him toward their city’s gates,
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Why was India split into...
Around 100,000 women were kidnapped and forced to marry their captors. The problems created by Partition went far beyond this immediate deadly aftermath. Many families who made temporary moves became permanently displaced, and borders continue to be disputed.
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Saving a Baby Orangutan,...
orangutangs captors despite driving all day seeing this young orangutan kept in terrible conditions and knowing that now it will need years of care she knows these small acts of kindness make people more likely to get in touch and saves orangutangs lives
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Taken Hostage While Rock...
On the sixth night of captivity something clicked inside of me like, this real survival instinct kicked in. I suddenly felt as though I'd be able to sprint uphill without my heart rate even rising. So, a plan was hatched for the head captor
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Hope and justice for...
The bonds I established with the victims strengthens their confidence and willingness to seek justice. As she considered her escape, Ayda, like all Yazidi survivors, faced a Should she continue to suffer the abuse of her captors,
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The myth of Loki’s...
Her flesh flaked onto the ground as she silently submitted to her captors. Finally, the third child leapt at Tyr. The small wolf was fierce but harmless. Tyr playfully cuffed its claws and stowed the cub in his pocket.
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Orangutan Rescue Mission...
now their captor is back and he's armed if he's surprised to find his home full of strangers he's not showing it
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From pacifist to spy:...
sold her address to the Gestapo. Noor refused to give away any information, focusing instead on her escape. Secreting a screwdriver away from the guards, they were able to loosen a skylight and slip out into the night. But just as the prisoners began to run for their lives, an air raid siren alerted her captors.
Video examples
The dark history of...
and turn it into a soulless zombi that will perform their bidding. Historically, these zombis were said to be put to work as laborers who needed neither food nor rest and would enrich their captor’s fortune. In other words, zombification seemed to represent the horrors of enslavement
Video examples
Can you solve the secret...
to safecracking and reading faces for signs of deception. You’ve tracked the captors to where they’re holding the chef prisoner. From your hiding spot, you can see him on the other side of the glass, while in front of you an interrogator wearing headphones speaks into a microphone.
Video examples
How the Monkey King...
The first was that this was no ordinary slumber. The second was that he wasn’t alone. Suddenly, he found himself caught in the clutches of two grisly figures. At first the Monkey King didn’t know who his captors were. But as they dragged him toward their city’s gates,
Video examples
Why was India split into...
Around 100,000 women were kidnapped and forced to marry their captors. The problems created by Partition went far beyond this immediate deadly aftermath. Many families who made temporary moves became permanently displaced, and borders continue to be disputed.
Video examples
Saving a Baby Orangutan,...
orangutangs captors despite driving all day seeing this young orangutan kept in terrible conditions and knowing that now it will need years of care she knows these small acts of kindness make people more likely to get in touch and saves orangutangs lives
Video examples
Taken Hostage While Rock...
On the sixth night of captivity something clicked inside of me like, this real survival instinct kicked in. I suddenly felt as though I'd be able to sprint uphill without my heart rate even rising. So, a plan was hatched for the head captor
Video examples
Hope and justice for...
The bonds I established with the victims strengthens their confidence and willingness to seek justice. As she considered her escape, Ayda, like all Yazidi survivors, faced a Should she continue to suffer the abuse of her captors,
Video examples
The myth of Loki’s...
Her flesh flaked onto the ground as she silently submitted to her captors. Finally, the third child leapt at Tyr. The small wolf was fierce but harmless. Tyr playfully cuffed its claws and stowed the cub in his pocket.
Video examples
Orangutan Rescue Mission...
now their captor is back and he's armed if he's surprised to find his home full of strangers he's not showing it
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Quote examples
Elizabeth Smart
American Activist
I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don't do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors will never care if I forgive them... It will not make a day of difference to them at all, but it will make a huge difference to me.
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Terry Waite
British Author
Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.
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Amanda Lindhout
Canadian Journalist
My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
Among the events of John McCain's five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the most celebrated, was his refusal to accept an early release from his captors.
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Ed Markey
American Politician
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience.
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Dick Gephardt
American Politician
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.
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John McCain
American Politician
I know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it.
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Elizabeth Smart
American Activist
I can say I have forgiven my captors. That being said, I never want to see them again. I'm not OK with they did to me.
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George Jackson
American Activist
Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
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Elizabeth Smart
American Activist
I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don't do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors will never care if I forgive them... It will not make a day of difference to them at all, but it will make a huge difference to me.
Quote examples
Terry Waite
British Author
Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.
Quote examples
Amanda Lindhout
Canadian Journalist
My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.
Quote examples
Bret Stephens
American Journalist
Among the events of John McCain's five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the most celebrated, was his refusal to accept an early release from his captors.
Quote examples
Ed Markey
American Politician
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience.
Quote examples
Dick Gephardt
American Politician
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
I know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Smart
American Activist
I can say I have forgiven my captors. That being said, I never want to see them again. I'm not OK with they did to me.
Quote examples
George Jackson
American Activist
Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.
Quote examples
Mason Cooley
American Writer
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
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