Ransom
21ransom — 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) ▪ …
22ransom — 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 …
23ransom — ran|som1 [ rænsəm ] noun count or uncount the amount of money someone wants to be paid before they will let a person they are keeping as a prisoner go free: Her parents received a ransom note. Her kidnappers are demanding a $5 million ransom.… …
24ransom — 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… …
25Ransom! — Infobox Film name = Ransom! caption = Movie Poster producer = Nicholas Nayfack director = Alex Segal writer = Cyril Hume Richard Maibaum starring = Glenn Ford Donna Reed Leslie Nielsen music = Jeff Alexander editing = Ferris Webster… …
26Ransom — The price or payment made for our redemption, as when it is said that the Son of man gave his life a ransom for many (Matt. 20:28; comp. Acts 20:28; Rom. 3:23, 24; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Gal. 3:13; 4:4, 5: Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 1 Tim. 2:6; Titus… …
27ransom — {{11}} c.1300, from RANSOM (Cf. ransom) (n.). Related: Ransomed; ransoming. {{12}}ransom (n.) early 13c., sum paid for the release of a prisoner or captured man, from O.Fr. ranson (Mod.Fr. rançon), earlier raenson ransom, redemption, from L.… …
28ransom — 1 noun (C) 1 an amount of money paid to free someone who is held as a prisoner: The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $25,000. 2 hold sb to ransom a) to put someone in a situation where they are forced to agree to your demands: The management …
29ransom — /ˈrænsəm / (say ransuhm) noun 1. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, kidnapped person, captured goods, etc., for a price. 2. the sum or price paid or demanded. 3. a means of delivering or rescuing, especially, in religious use, from sin and its… …
30ransom — The money, price, or consideration paid or demanded for redemption of a kidnapped person or persons; a payment that releases from captivity. Whoever knowingly receives, possesses, or disposes of such commits a crime. 18 U.S.C.A. No. 1202; Model… …
