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121 hostage taking
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122 hostage-rescue mission
Безопасность: операция по освобождению заложниковУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > hostage-rescue mission
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123 hostage-rescue operation
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > hostage-rescue operation
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124 Hostage Negotiation Team
American: HNTУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Hostage Negotiation Team
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125 Hostage Rescue Team
Law: HRTУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Hostage Rescue Team
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126 Hostage Rescue Tv
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127 Hostage Rescue Unit
Military: HRUУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Hostage Rescue Unit
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128 hostage operation
Безопасность: (release) операция по освобождению заложников
См. также в других словарях:
hostage — ► NOUN ▪ a person seized or held in order to induce others to comply with a demand or condition. ● a hostage to fortune Cf. ↑a hostage to fortune ORIGIN Old French, from Latin obsidatus the state of being a hostage , from obses hostage … English terms dictionary
Hostage — Hos tage, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. [^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hostage — late 13c., from O.Fr. hostage person given as security or hostage (12c., Mod.Fr. ôtage), either from hoste guest (see HOST (Cf. host) (1)) via notion of a lodger held by a landlord as security, or from L.L. obsidanus condition of being held as… … Etymology dictionary
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 — [häs′tij] n. [ME < OFr < hoste: see HOST2] 1. a person given as a pledge, or taken prisoner as by an enemy or terrorist, until certain conditions are met 2. Obs. the state of being a hostage SYN. PLEDGE give hostages to fortune to get and… … English World dictionary
hostage — pawn, *pledge, earnest, token Analogous words: surety, security, *guarantee, guaranty … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hostage — [n] person held captive until captor’s demand is met captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, sacrificial lamb*, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim; concepts 359,423 Ant. captor … New thesaurus
hostage — Hostage, voyez Ostage … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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
hostage — [[t]hɒ̱stɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦ hostages 1) N COUNT A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands. It is hopeful that two hostages will be… … English dictionary
hostage */ — UK [ˈhɒstɪdʒ] / US [ˈhɑstɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms hostage : singular hostage plural hostages a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want The President is making every effort to… … English dictionary