captornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæp.tər/us/ˈkæp.tɚ/a person who has captured a person or animal and refuses to release them
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- grasp at sth
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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Examples from literature
- Early on the morning after these events the two men, captor and captive, sat in the tent of the former.
- Ere long a dripping figure surrounded by half a dozen captors, was brought upon the wharf.
- He had been ten years on the island, during which time he had been well treated by his captors.
- In the same way, I recognized the right of our captors or guards to take proper precautions to prevent our escape.
- It was plainly our duty to rescue her from the fate of a continued life with her captors.