n.
 a person who has been taken prisoner or confined.
adj.
   - imprisoned or confined.
 - having no freedom to choose an alternative:
 a captive audience.
 - (of a facility or service) controlled by and reserved for a particular organization.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    
      - captivity n. 
(pl. captivities)
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  Etymology
  ME: from L. captivus, from capere ‘seize, take’.