holding hostage

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• hostage — 01. The [hostages] were finally liberated by the police after 3 days. 02. The terrorists have said that they will begin killing the [hostages] at midnight if their demands are not met. 03. The Chicken People of Jupiter are holding our astronauts… …   Grammatical examples in English

• 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 — noun (C) 1 someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands: hold sb hostage (=keep someone as a hostage): The group are holding three western tourists hostage. | take sb hostage (=seize someone… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hostage — hos|tage [ˈhɔstıdʒ US ˈha: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: hoste; HOST1] 1.) someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands →↑kidnap ▪ The group are holding two western tourists… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hostage — An inn; a lodging; a person held in unlawful custody for the purpose of obtaining the performance of demands made by the person holding him …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the 1979 Hostage Crisis — On June 29, 2005,Specify|date=July 2008 shortly after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the Iranian presidential election, several major news outlets publicized allegations that he participated in the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis.Ahmadinejad and his… …   Wikipedia

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the 1979 hostage crisis — On June 29, 2005,[specify] shortly after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the Iranian presidential election, several major news outlets publicized allegations that he gunned down several Americans in the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis. Ahmadinejad and his… …   Wikipedia

• Lebanon hostage crisis — The Lebanon hostage crisis refers to the systematic kidnapping in Lebanon of 96 foreign hostages of 21 national origins between 1982 and 1992. The victims were mostly from Western countries, and mostly journalists, diplomats, or teachers. 25 of… …   Wikipedia

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