捕ほ囚しゅう

noun

captivity; imprisonment

Refers to the state of being captured and held prisoner, often in a historical or wartime context. Not an everyday word; more common in written or formal descriptions.

• 彼かれは長ながい捕ほ囚しゅうの末すえに解かい放ほうされた。

  He was released after a long captivity.