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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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The man is then seen being cuffed by police as the crowd applauds his initial captors.
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 July 2025
Nelson Mandela: Redefining Freedom Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela refused to let his captors define him.
—Dr. Adil Dalal, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
What interested him most was why his captors had resorted to kidnapping him and his father in the first place.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Smart’s captors subjected her to rape daily, something that drove her to the point of contemplating suicide.
—Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 5 June 2025
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 July 2025
Nelson Mandela: Redefining Freedom Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela refused to let his captors define him.
—Dr. Adil Dalal, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
What interested him most was why his captors had resorted to kidnapping him and his father in the first place.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Smart’s captors subjected her to rape daily, something that drove her to the point of contemplating suicide.
—Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 5 June 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 22 Jul. 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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