to+hold+sb+to+ransom

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• hold someone to ransom — hold (someone) to ransom to force someone to do something by putting them in a situation where something bad will happen to them if they do not. Some people regarded the miners strike as the union holding the nation to ransom …   New idioms dictionary

• hold someone to ransom — demand concessions from a person or organization by threatening damaging action. → ransom …   English new terms dictionary

• hold someone to ransom — 1) to keep someone as a prisoner until an amount of money is paid 2) to try to make someone do what you want, especially by using threats We re being held to ransom by these extremist groups …   English dictionary

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• hold to ransom — hold (someone) to ransom to force someone to do something by putting them in a situation where something bad will happen to them if they do not. Some people regarded the miners strike as the union holding the nation to ransom …   New idioms dictionary

• 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

• hold — I [[t]ho͟ʊld[/t]] PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING ♦ holds, holding, held 1) VERB When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms. [V n prep/adv] Hold the knife at an angle... [V n] She is holding her …   English dictionary

• ransom — n. 1) to pay (a) ransom for 2) to demand; exact a ransom from 3) to hold smb. for ransom * * * [ ræns(ə)m] exact a ransom from to demand to hold smb. for ransom to pay (a) ransom for …   Combinatory dictionary

• ransom — noun a sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive. verb obtain the release of (someone) by paying a ransom. ↘hold (someone) captive and demand a ransom for their release. ↘release after receiving a ransom. Phrases hold someone to… …   English new terms dictionary

• 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