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1 hold to ransom
(to keep (a person) as a prisoner until a sum of money etc is paid for his release.) váltságdíj megfizetéséig fogva tart -
2 prison
fogház* * *['prizn](a building in which criminals are kept; a jail: He was sent to prison; He is in prison.) börtön- prisoner- prisoner of war
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3 ransom
váltságdíj, kiváltás to ransom: váltságdíjat kifizet, fogságból kivált* * *['rænsəm] 1. noun(a sum of money etc paid for the freeing of a prisoner: They paid a ransom of $40,000; ( also adjective) They paid $40,000 in ransom money.) váltságdíj2. verb1) (to pay money etc to free (someone).) váltságdíjat fizet (vkiért)2) (to keep (a person) as a prisoner until a sum of money etc is paid for his release.) fogságban tart, megsarcol vkit•
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