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• ransom — [[t]ræ̱nsəm[/t]] ransoms, ransoming, ransomed 1) N VAR A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a ₤175,000 ransom for her release... The… …   English dictionary

• ransom — noun VERB + RANSOM ▪ hold sb for, hold sb to, kidnap sb for ▪ She was kidnapped and held for ransom. ▪ The company refused to be held to ransom by the union. (figurative) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• ransom — ran·som 1 n: a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity see also kidnapping ransom 2 vt: to free from captivity by paying a price rape 1 vt raped, rap·ing [Latin rapere to seize and take away by force] …   Law dictionary

• Ransom — is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In early Germanic law a similar concept was called Weregild.In 78 BC, pirates of modern day Turkey captured… …   Wikipedia

• ransom — [n] blackmail money paid for return of possession or person bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, liberation money, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue; concept 344 ransom [v] pay blackmail money for return of possession or …   New thesaurus

• pay — I noun allowance, award, compensation, consideration, defrayal, defrayment, earnings, emolument, fee, grant, hire, income, indemnity, meed, merces, monetary return, payment, perquisite, profit, reckoning, recompense, reimbursement, remittance,… …   Law dictionary

• 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

• Ransom theory of atonement — Part of a series on Atonement in Christianity Moral influence Recapitulation Substitutionary …   Wikipedia

• ransom — 01. The [ransom] paid to obtain freedom for the kidnapped businessman was over $500,000. 02. The kidnappers have said that their hostages will be killed if the [ransom] is not paid. 03. The child s family paid over a million dollars in [ransom]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• ransom — ran|som1 [ˈrænsəm] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: rançon, from Latin redemptio; REDEMPTION] 1.) an amount of money that is paid to free someone who is held as a prisoner ▪ The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Ransom (1996 film) — Infobox Film name = Ransom caption = Ransom Theatrical Poster director = Ron Howard producer = Brian Grazer Kip Hagopian Scott Rudin writer = Story: Cyril Hume Richard Maibaum Screenplay: Richard Price Alexander Ignon starring = Mel Gibson Rene… …   Wikipedia