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to be taken hostage

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  • Hostage (novel) — Hostage is a 2001 thriller novel by Robert Crais, set in Bristo Bay, California, about a small town police chief named Jeff Talley with memories of a failed hostage situation, who must negotiate the same type of situation in his own town if he… …   Wikipedia

  • Hostage (film) — Infobox Film | name =Hostage caption =Promotional poster for Hostage director = Florent Emilio Siri producer = Mark Gordon Arnold Rifkin Bruce Willis Bob Yari David Wally writer = Robert Crais (novel) Doug Richardson starring = Bruce Willis Kevin …   Wikipedia

  • 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 — [[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

  • hostage — hos|tage [ hastıdʒ ] noun count * 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 obtain the release of the hostages. take someone hostage: Six visiting …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 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 — [ˈhɒstɪdʒ] noun [C] a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want Six visiting businessmen were taken hostage by rebel groups.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Taken (TV miniseries) — Taken Genre Drama Science fiction Creator …   Wikipedia

  • 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

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