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Word: hostage

Definition: person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands


Sentences Containing 'hostage'

When their parents are sufficiently rich to pay a ransom, a messenger is sent to negotiate; the prisoner is hostage for the security of the messenger; should the ransom be refused, the prisoner is irrevocably lost.

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