English-Dutch translations for captive

  • gevangene
    Iemand die de onschuldige gevangene uit de ene gevangenis bevrijd om hem op te sluiten in een andere is een gevangenbewaarder, geen bevrijder. The one, who frees the innocent captive from one prison and locks him up in another, is a prison guard, not a liberator.
  • geïnterneerde
  • gevangen
    Zij worden nog altijd gevangen gehouden. They have been held captive ever since. Welnu, andere volken hebben destijds hun status veranderd van gevangen naties tot vrije naties. Well, other peoples changed their status from captive nations to free nations. U bent zes jaar, vier maanden en negen dagen gevangen houden. You were held captive for six years, four months and nine days.
  • opgesloten
    Zij leven volledig van de wereld geïsoleerd, opgesloten door souteneurs. Their lives are spent held captive by pimps in complete isolation from the outside world. Het waren krijgsgevangenen die na de aanval van de USSR op Polen in september 1939 waren opgesloten. They were prisoners of war, and were being held captive following the aggression of the USSR against Poland in September 1939.

Definition of captive

  • One who has been captured or is otherwise confined
  • One held prisoner
  • Held prisoner; not free; confined
  • Subdued by love; charmed; captivated
  • Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine
  • To capture; to take captive

Examples

  • captive chains; captive hours

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