Captor and Hostage

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Captor noun - A person who captures and holds people or animals.

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Hostage is an antonym for captor.

Nearby Words: capture, captive

Hostage noun - A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.

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Captor is an antonym for hostage.

fellow	fellow captor	fellow hostage
female	female captor	female hostage
original	original captor	original hostage
fake	fake captor	fake hostage
Other adjectives: male, evil, new, former, Nazi, terrified, previous, elderly, terrorist.

In other words, a twist of this and Lima Syndrome has the captor falling for his hostage-turned-captor.

Source: Stockholm Syndrome
In NCIS, Gibbs does this while shooting a hostage and her captor, with her silent go-ahead.

Source: One-Hit Polykill
At the start of Hellsing, Seras is being held hostage by an enemy vampire when she finds herself between her captor and the business end of Alucard's pistol.

Source: Curse That Cures

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