A hostage heard the gunmen shouting that they would release their captives if the security forces let them go. |
As the captives escaped, residents and troops ran through the streets, and the wounded were carried off on stretchers. |
For two centuries, his forebears had been white slaves in North Africa, captives in North America or, like him, prisoners of war in South Asia. |
When he went against the king's orders and refused to slay a band of barbarian captives, he was promptly put under arrest. |
A share tenant system has made most farmers captives of landlords, or caciques. |
The objectification of women is further underscored by Bacon's seizing them as captives for ransom. |