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
- Instead of the Greek word "ransom," Jesus, who spoke
- I love Garwood, but the heroine in ransom grated my nerves to much.
- The hostages are rarely hurt and people are usually freed after a ransom is paid.
- So the ransom is missing, he can't remember how he got shot and its Joe's job to try and help him recover his memory.
- The picture is chosen at ransom from the internet; I have no idea where it was taken. on December 4, 2009 at 3: 00 pm JuliaM
- And, after the ransom is paid and your dead body is found (or not), I will shed many tears for the reality of your UNREASON.
- And might be she is ill in a conduct might be in meditative she can get a KINGS ransom from a Journal News for a rights to movie a game.
- A Somali pirate group holding a British couple kidnapped from their yacht one year ago says Paul and Rachel Chandler will not be released until a full ransom is paid.
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