Captive and Victim

Captive

Captive noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

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Victim and captive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Victim" instead a noun "Captive".

Victim noun - A person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed.

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Captive and victim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captive" instead a noun "Victim".

known	known captive	known victim
fellow	fellow captive	fellow victim
human	human captive	human victim
female	female captive	female victim
Other adjectives: current, single, real, male, big, helpless, living, innocent, young, new, former, apparent, last, intended, unwilling, surviving, favorite.

However, in an inversion, it is because she is the victim/captive of a monster, not the monster itself.

Source: The Heartless
Note: The victim doesn't need to be tied up, but must be held captive.

Source: Captive Date
Once you take a Meat Shield, one of the ways to finally execute your captive is to stick your grenade into the victim and shove, hopefully sending him exploding into his buddies.

Source: Why Am I Ticking?

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