captive "captives"1. (ADJ) A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.E.X: Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.2. (PHRASE) If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner.E.X: Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six week after he'd been taken captive.captivity(N-UNCOUNT)Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.E.X: He had been kept in a small room, bound and blindfolded for much his captivity.captor "captors"(N-CONT) You can refer to the person who has captured a person or animal as their captor.E.X: They didn't know what their captors planned for them.capture "captures, capturing, captured"1. (VERB) If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.2. (VERB, = encapsulate) If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested or excited by it. If someone or something captures your heart, you begin to love them or like them very much.E.X: Their mood was captured by one who said "students here don't know or care about campus issues".She has captured my heart.imprison "imprisons, imprisoning, imprisoned"(VERB) If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually is prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition.imprisonment(N-UNCOUNT)Imprisonment is the state of being imprisoned.E.X: She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
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Event though the robbers was captured, until now the robbery last night still imprinted afraid for people in the town house. this morning i heard 2 robbers ascaptives in captivity. captors who caught them last night had got appreciation by Government.
i will to imprison him if he take my girl from me and i'll make sure he get a life imprisonment.
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Dreamer Man said:
i will to imprison him if he take my girl from me and i'll make sure he get a life imprisonment.
*lamegogo