Another word for captive

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captive Synonyms

captive

modif.

Confined
restrained, imprisoned, incarcerated, in one's power; see bound 1, 2, confined 3, restricted.
Captivated
enthralled, enraptured, enchanted; see fascinated.

captive Synonyms

captive

prisoner, bondman, convict, hostage; see hostage, prisoner, slave 1.

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She was virtually a captive in the cabin.
He was taken captive in the battle, but exchanged for the wife of Robert Bruce.
The prisoners, who were most barbarously treated, remained captive for over four years.
He looked round at the captive drummer boy and felt a pang in his heart.
Here he fought against some of the usurpers who threatened the throne of Honorius; he made some sort of compact with that emperor and, in 414, he married his sister Placidia, who had been since the siege of Rome a captive in the camp of the Goths.

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