Captive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
captive/ˈkaptɪv/
noun a person who has been taken prisoner or confined. adjective
  • 1 imprisoned or confined.
  • 2 having no freedom to choose an alternative: a captive audience.
  • 3 (of a facility or service) controlled by and reserved for a particular organization.
– derivatives
captivity noun (pl. captivities).
– origin ME: from L. captivus, from capere ‘seize, take’.
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