ransom
IPA: rˈænsʌm
noun
- Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
- The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
- (historical, law, UK) 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.
- A surname.
verb
- (obsolete) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
- To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
- To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
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Examples of "ransom" in Sentences
- Theyhad to pay the ransom.
- Allan takes the ransom, and leaves.
- They mailed the ransom note to the Franks.
- Several pleas to ransom him are unavailing.
- The gifts are given in the form of a ransom.
- The debtor's wife held the creditor to ransom.
- According to rumor, the company paid the ransom.
- He did not disclose the amount of the ransom demanded.
- The ransom was paid and the footage was returned safely.
- The FBI is told that the Metro Hartford will pay the ransom.