captive:
(plural: ‘captives‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”; the opposite word in meaning is ‘captor’ next entry)
a person who is taken prisoner and kept in a prison, especially in war; a prisoner of war;
a person or animal that is caught and kept in a cell (room), cage or prison under lock and key, and not given any freedom to move about or to go out of that place — put in captivity; a hostage;
a person who is emotionally attached to some thing or to some other person and cannot break away from that spell,
The police raided a hide-out last night and arrested three suspected criminals; however, one of the captives escaped by over-powering the attendant who went into their cell to give them food and water.
John had been a captive in the hands of the tribal people for several weeks before a rescue team found him and got him released from his captors.
Sam has been a captive of the singer’s beautiful voice since he attended her show a couple of months ago.
