captor

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One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

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The laws of certain states ...give an ownership in the service of negroes as personal property.... But being men, by the laws of God and nature, they were capable of acquiring liberty-and when the captor in war ...thought fit to give them liberty, the gift was not only valid, but irrevocable. Alexander Hamilton

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. Terry Waite

You take my heart with you, my loving captor." "Nay, Madelyne. I am your captive in body and soul. Julie Garwood

There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor. Richelle Mead

Meanwhile, 47-year-old Alice suddenly escapes her violent captor and returns to the multi-generational family fold with a shattered psyche. Source: Internet

After several weeks, Attal is transferred to marginally more hospitable surroundings, and gains a more garrulous captor in Gérard Meylan, who engages him on the finer points of high-end hunting rifles. Source: Internet

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