What is another word for "captive"?
Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "captive": accession, agency, agent, agentship, and, appointment, assignment, attorney, authority, back, bird, bond, brevet, capture, charge, charter, clench, clerkship, clinch, close, clutch, commission, consignee, consignment, coronation, custody, delegate, delegation, deputation, deputy, designation, detain, detention, diploma, doing, durance, embassy, entail, enthronement, errand.
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- Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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