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  • hostage-taker — ˈhostage taker 7 [hostage taker hostage taking] noun a person, often one of a group, who captures sb and holds them prisoner, and who may injure or kill them if people do not do what the person is asking • The hostage takers soon issued their… …   Useful english 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

  • Hostage crisis — A crisis develops when one or more terrorists or criminals hold people against their will and try to hold off the authorities by force, threatening to kill the hostages if provoked or attacked. Typically, the party of the hostage taker(s) will… …   Wikipedia

  • taker — noun a) One who takes something. She is known as quite a risk taker. b) A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives. The hostage taker decided to surrender to the police. Ant: giver See Also: taking …   Wiktionary

  • -taker — [teıkə US ər] suffix used with nouns to describe people who take or collect things ▪ senior decision takers ▪ I m just a message taker. ▪ a ticket taker at the recreation hall ▪ the policy of not doing deals with hostage takers ▪ treatment for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hostage — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from hoste Date: 13th century 1. a. a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge that promises will be kept or terms met by the other party b. a person taken by force to secure the taker… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Manila hostage crisis — The bus where the hostages were held captive. Location Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines …   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

  • 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

  • Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office hostage crisis — Location Rochester, New Hampshire, United States Date November 30, 2007 1:00 p.m 6:15 p.m. (EST) Target Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign of …   Wikipedia

  • Moscow theater hostage crisis — Coordinates: 55°43′33″N 37°40′24″E / 55.72583°N 37.67333°E / 55.72583; 37.67333 …   Wikipedia

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