Vocabulary
Captive
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
imprisoned or confined.
Urdu meaning
جنگی قیدی، حوالاتی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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This `squeezing of the squeezed` targets captive salaried individuals and a small number of firms, which also bear a heavy compliance burden as collection agents for the FBR.
Dawn Editorials —
Narrative of large tax gap
— 2026-04-11
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They treat the compliant as captive.
Dawn Editorials —
Tax truths
— 2026-02-20
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Once crossed all manner of business models suddenly become viable and the grid will struggle for its own viability, mainly because it will no longer have a captive consumer base upon whom to offload the costs of its myriad dysfunctions.
Dawn Editorials —
The renewable tipping point
— 2026-02-19
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Rather, it has been achieved by further burdening captive taxpayers such as salaried individuals and compliant organised businesses.
Dawn Editorials —
PM`s optimism
— 2026-01-02
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This is how sovereign wealth is actually protected, not by holding 100pc of a carcass, but by owning a quarter of a soaring enterprise.The `alluring, captive market` of the Pakistani diaspora remains the airline`s crown jewel.
Dawn Editorials —
Free to soar
— 2025-12-30
Synonyms
confined, caged, incarcerated, locked up, penned up, chained, shackled, fettered, ensnared
Curator example
“the farm was used to hold prisoners of war captive”
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