ransom
/ˈɹænsəm/
Misollar
- Did you get a ransom demand?
- Jonas didn’t pay the ransom.
- The kidnappers held Tom for ransom.
- They deny they paid ransom money.
- She denies she paid ransom money.
- He denies he paid ransom money.
ot noun
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Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
They were held for two million dollars ransom.
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The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
prisoners hopeless of ransom
- A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
fe’l verb
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To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
to ransom prisoners from an enemy
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To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. — Berners.
- (14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.