• Imprisonment
  Imprisonment
  Imprisonment is a legal term.The book Termes de la Ley contains the following definition:This passage was approved by Atkin and Duke LJJ in Meering v Grahame White Aviation Co....
  
   or hostage
  Hostage
  A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor. The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war...
  
  , the state of being confined to a space from which it is difficult or impossible to escape
  • Captive company
• Captivity (animal)
  Captivity (animal)
  Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either domesticated animals or wild animals. This may include for example farms, private homes and zoos...
  
  , the keeping of either domesticated animals (livestock and pets) or wild animals
• the Babylonian captivity
  Babylonian captivity
  The Babylonian captivity was the period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon—conventionally 587–538 BCE....
  
   of Judah, as described in the Bible
• Captivity narrative
  Captivity narrative
  Captivity narratives are stories of people captured by "uncivilized" enemies. The narratives often include a theme of redemption by faith in the face of the threats and temptations of an alien way of life. Barbary captivity narratives, stories of Englishmen captured by Barbary pirates, were popular...
  
   a genre of stories about people being captured by "uncivilized" enemies
• Captive!
  Captive!
  Captive! is the eighth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. The story is about Roman Sanchez and his classmates who are kidnapped by masked gunmen and threatened with death unless they are paid ransom money. It was published on November 1, 1995 by Random House....
  
  the eighth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen
• Captive (video game), a 1990 computer role-playing game
• Captive NTFS
  Captive NTFS
  Captive NTFS is a discontinued open-source project within the Linux programming community, started by Jan Kratochvíl. It is a driver wrapper around the original Microsoft Windows NTFS file system driver using parts of ReactOS code...
  
  , an open-source project
• Captivity Records
  Captivity Records
  Captivity Records is a Chicago, Illinois-based independent record label. Some artists includes Papi, Young Life, Lil Lethal, Hustle, and The Cap Boyzz....
  
  , a Chicago, Illinois-based independent record label.
• Captive portal
  Captive portal
  The captive portal technique forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web page before using the Internet normally. A captive portal turns a Web browser into an authentication device. This is done by intercepting all packets, regardless of address or port, until the user opens a browser...
  
  , a technique that forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web page
• Captive insurance
  Captive insurance
  Captive insurance companies are insurance companies established with the specific objective of financing risks emanating from their parent group or groups, but they sometimes also insure risks of the group's customers as well...
  
   companies are insurance companies established with the specific objective of financing risks emanating from their parent group
• Captive service
  Captive service
  Captive Service is a portion of Business Process Outsourcing where an organization will use a wholly owned subsidiary instead of a Third Party Vendor. The benefit of doing such an arrangement would be to leverage the cost savings of using offshore resources, while maintaining complete control over...
  
  , a type of business process outsourcing where an organization will use a wholly owned subsidiary instead of a third party vendor
• Captive (soundtrack), the only solo album to date by The Edge, guitarist of U2

Films

• Captive (1998 film)
  Captive (1998 film)
  Captive is a 1998 American drama film. The film stars Erika Eleniak and Michael Ironside.-Plot:After a failed suicide attempt, Samantha Hoffman finds herself trapped in an insane asylum.-Cast:*Erika Eleniak as Samantha Hoffman...
  
  , a 1998 film starring Erika Eleniak and Michael Ironside
• Captive (2005 film), a 2005 Argentine film starring Bárbara Lombardo
• Captivity (film)
  Captivity (film)
  Captivity is a 2007 thriller film directed by Roland Joffé, based on a screenplay by Larry Cohen and Joseph Tura, and starring Elisha Cuthbert...
  
  , a 2007 thriller film directed by Roland Joffe and starring Elisha Cuthbert