in captivity

phrase

of animals
: while living in a zoo
The lions were bred in captivity.

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The Ziyadnes are among 40 hostages taken into Gaza alive who were killed or died in captivity, roughly one in five of the 206 abducted alive. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 There are also three orange figures in memory of Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two children, Ariel, 4, and 9-month-old Kfir, who were killed in captivity in Gaza. — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 Shiri and her boys never came home; they were killed in captivity. — Ciara Moran, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Hostages killed in captivity, in different but heinous ways, were tricklingly returned to their families in bags. — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in captivity

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