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captive

Definition

  • noun: someone who is captured and kept as a prisoner
  • adjective: captured and kept in a prison, cage, etc.
  • adjective: taken and held as or as if a prisoner of war
  • synonyms: charmed, captivated, capture

Examples

  • The passengers on the plane were a 'captive audience'. [=the passengers on the plane could not leave and had to listen to what was being said]

  • Enemy forces took/held them 'captive'. [=took or kept them as prisoners]

  • The 'captive' soldiers planned their escape.

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