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is captive
adjective
Held prisoner; not free; confined.
Exact(37)
But often, a trader will say that an animal is "captive bred", meaning its parents were born in captivity as well.
Cameron is captive and weak.
Even if the market is captive, it has to be big enough to justify the investment.
One prime reason for this is that the Administration is captive to its own resentments.
One is "captive" operations of big western companies looking to reduce back-office costs without outsourcing.
And when it is in a 401 k), it is captive.
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Only when it recognizes the falconer and the glove as a source of food will it begin to become tamer, and this is irrespective of whether the hawk is captive-bred or taken from the wild.
Just as it can be free in captivity, it can also be captive in freedom.
They're captive".
Effectively, they're captive customers.
"Both sides are captive to history".
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