captee

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English

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Etymology

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capture +‎ -ee

Noun

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captee (plural captees)

  1. One who has been captured; one who is held in captivity.
    • 2012, J.C. Jeremy Hobson, A Practical Guide To Modern Gamekeeping[1]:
      The attention of the would-be captee is drawn by a decoy bird which resides in a side compartment to the trap.

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