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Recent Examples of captor
After being held hostage and shooting her captor in Episode 7, Heather (Margarita Levieva) is invited to a black and white ball by Mayor Fisk himself — an invitation that Matt rightfully views as a threat.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Her captors dressed her in a hijab and drove her in circles for two hours.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
This sequel to a 2022 indie darling casts you as a Sleeper, a robot worker fleeing their gang-boss captor.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Her captors dressed her in a hijab and drove her in circles for two hours.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
This sequel to a 2022 indie darling casts you as a Sleeper, a robot worker fleeing their gang-boss captor.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 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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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
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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So many doctors crowded into the room for the presentation that the fire marshal had to intervene several times to clear exit ways.—
David Armstrong,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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The fire was quickly extinguished, but marshals soon learned that someone had intentionally set 12 small fires throughout the apartment.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
9 May 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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The school board approved the closing of three elementary schools and the elimination of 19 teaching jobs and more than 100 other jobs, including 25 custodians.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
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To further preserve the complete privacy of the conclave, the support staff — including chefs, cleaners and custodians — all took an oath of secrecy, of which the punishment for breaking it is excommunication, CBS News reported.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captor. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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