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• hostage — I noun bond, captive, collateral, guarantee, internee, obses, pledge, political prisoner, prisoner, real security, security associated concepts: false imprisonment, kidnapping, ransom II index …   Law dictionary

• 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… …   Wikipedia

• Ransom of King John II of France — The ransom of King John II of France was a major upheaval in medieval French history.Jewish Persecution in FranceFrom around 1147 1380, the Catholic Church was gaining its immense power.Fact|date=April 2007 In France, the problem was even greater …   Wikipedia

• hostage — /ˈhɒstɪdʒ / (say hostij) noun 1. a person given or held as a security for the performance of certain actions as the payment of ransom, etc. 2. Obsolete the condition of a hostage. 3. a security or pledge. –phrase 4. give a hostage to fortune, to… …  

• ransom — [13] Heavily disguised, ransom is the same word ultimately as redemption. It was borrowed from Old French ransoun, which, much weathered over the centuries, was descended from Latin redemptiō, source of English redemption. The etymological notion …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• ransom — [13] Heavily disguised, ransom is the same word ultimately as redemption. It was borrowed from Old French ransoun, which, much weathered over the centuries, was descended from Latin redemptiō, source of English redemption. The etymological notion …   Word origins

• ransom — 1. noun Money paid for the freeing of a hostage. See Also: bail 2. verb a) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties. b) To pay a price to set someone free from …   Wiktionary

• Ransom — A useful way of raising money during war; it was in each side s interest not to spill too much blood, as noble opponents were worth much more alive and ransomed than dead. The conditions of the captive were very different from those of a hostage… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• ransom money — payment for the release of a kidnapped person or hostage …   English contemporary dictionary

• 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan — Korean hostages photo taken before boarding the plane to Afghanistan …   Wikipedia

• Iran hostage crisis — Iran United States hostage crisis A defaced Great Seal of the United States at the former U.S. embassy, Tehran, Iran, as it appeared in 2004 …   Wikipedia