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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Critically, the Predator’s language is translated so that the three warriors can understand their captors, but that kindness does not extend to letting the prisoners understand each other.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Invariably, the constant tool of their oppression was the daily threat that if the workers reported their captors, the U.S. government would come for them.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Some of the victims met their captors in residences or hotel rooms.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Leah Byrne as Rose, staking out Merritt's captors Courtesy of Netflix
The penultimate episode of Dept. Q finally reveals the two people responsible for Merritt’s kidnapping: Ailsa Jennings and her son, Lyle.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Invariably, the constant tool of their oppression was the daily threat that if the workers reported their captors, the U.S. government would come for them.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Some of the victims met their captors in residences or hotel rooms.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Leah Byrne as Rose, staking out Merritt's captors Courtesy of Netflix
The penultimate episode of Dept. Q finally reveals the two people responsible for Merritt’s kidnapping: Ailsa Jennings and her son, Lyle.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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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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