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Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. captors

    The conquerors of and sharers in the proceeds of a prize. Captors are not at liberty to release prisoners belonging to the ships of the enemy. The last survivor is in law the only captor.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of captors in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of captors in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of captors in a Sentence

  1. Barack Obama:

    Earlier this week, a video released by his terrorist captors announced that Luke would be killed within 72 hours, i also authorized the rescue of any other hostages held in the same location as Luke.

  2. State Department spokeswomanMorgan Ortagus:

    We strongly urge Austins captors to release him and to end this painful ordeal, we call on anyone who may have information about Austins whereabouts - governments and individuals -- to work cooperatively with us to secure his safe release and to bring him home.

  3. Elizabeth Smart:

    Shortly after being kidnapped and raped for the first time, I realized that my captors could take just about everything from me, my family, my life — everything. But they couldn’t change the fact that my parents would always love me, my family would always love me. Maybe nobody else ever would, but my family would. For me that was enough, that was worth surviving for. Upon realizing that, I decided I would do whatever it took. It didn’t matter what it was, I would do whatever it took to survive… Looking back, do I wish I had been rescued sooner? Absolutely, but I don’t regret a single decision I made, because I am here, and I don’t know if I would be otherwise.

  4. Nathan Raab:

    Churchills early life shaped Winston Churchill into the man Winston Churchill became and set the stage for Winston Churchill storied career and leadership during the trying times of World War II, nowhere is that more evident than Winston Churchill capture as a young man very far from home. This rare note exemplifies that and shows that even during Winston Churchill time as a POW, Winston Churchill saw the humanity in Winston Churchill captors.

  5. Iowa Paul:

    These people were in a war zone and probably got what was coming to them -- the captors. Unfortunately some innocent people also died.

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