to release on payment of ransom

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• 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

• 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 — Ran som (r[a^]n s[u^]m), n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on, raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Redemption}.] 1. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ransom bill — Ransom Ran som (r[a^]n s[u^]m), n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on, raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Redemption}.] 1. The release of a captive, or of captured property,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ransom — [ran′səm] n. [ME raunson < OFr raençon < L redemptio,REDEMPTION] 1. the redeeming or release of a captive or of seized property by paying money or complying with other demands 2. the price thus paid or demanded 3. deliverance from sin;… …   English World dictionary

• ransom money — payment for the release of a kidnapped person or hostage …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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 Bond — A ransom bond was a legally binding document issued as a promise for future payment for the safety and the release of a captured marine vessel. It was particularly in use during the American Civil War when Confederate States Navy privateers would …   Wikipedia

• ransom — n. & v. n. 1 a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner. 2 the liberation of a prisoner in return for this. v.tr. 1 buy the freedom or restoration of; redeem. 2 hold to ransom. 3 release for a ransom.… …   Useful english dictionary

• ransom — ransomer, n. /ran seuhm/, n. 1. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price. 2. the sum or price paid or demanded. 3. a means of deliverance or rescue from punishment for sin, esp. the payment of …   Universalium