Usually means: Individuals held against their will.
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  1. captives: Merriam-Webster
  2. captives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. captives: Vocabulary.com
  4. Captives, captive's, captives: Wordnik
  5. captives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. captives: Wiktionary
  7. captives: Dictionary.com
  8. captives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Captives, The Captives (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Captives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Captives: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Captives: Medical dictionary

(Note: See captive as well.)

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Captives)

▸ noun:  a 1994 British romantic crime drama film directed by Angela Pope and written by the Dublin screenwriter Frank Deasy.


Opposite:
jailers, wardens, guards

Types:
hostages, prisoners, POWs, slaves, fugitives, more...

Phrases:
Captives in American Indian Wars, Killing of captives by the Islamic State, more...

Adjectives:
other, christian, many, female, indian, white, english, american, poor, fellow, unfortunate



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Opposite:
jailers, wardens, guards

Types:
hostages, prisoners, POWs, slaves, fugitives, more...

Phrases:
Captives in American Indian Wars, Killing of captives by the Islamic State, more...

Adjectives:
other, christian, many, female, indian, white, english, american, poor, fellow, unfortunate




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