One taking another person prisoner (6)

I believe the answer is:

captor

(Other definitions for captor that I've seen before include "One who imprisons another" , "He catches someone" , "Holder of a prisoner" , "To carp (anag)" , "One imprisoning another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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