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The definition of ransom
8 Definitions of: ransom
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- noun, the release of captured prisoners, property, etc, on payment of a stipulated price
- noun, the price demanded or stipulated for such a release
- noun, rescue or redemption of any kind
- noun, hold to ransom a) to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received b) to attempt to force (a person or persons) to comply with one's demands
- noun, a king's ransom a very large amount of money or valuables
- verb, to pay a stipulated price and so obtain the release of (prisoners, property, etc)
- verb, to set free (prisoners, property, etc) upon receiving the payment demanded
- verb, to redeem; rescue
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| Synonyms: | rescue, release, payment, money, price, liberation, redemption, deliverance, deliver, liberate | And more... |
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