obtain ransom
1ransom — ► NOUN ▪ a sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive. ► VERB 1) obtain the release of (someone) by paying a ransom. 2) detain (someone) and demand a ransom for their release. ● hold to ransom Cf. ↑hold to ransom ● …
2ransom — [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 …
3ransom — [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;… …
4ransom — 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]… …
5ransom — 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… …
6Clarence Ransom Edwards — Clarence R. Edwards Born …
7Feast of Our Lady of Ransom — Feast of Our Lady of Ransom † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Our Lady of Ransom 24 September, a double major, commemorates the foundation of the Mercedarians. On 10 August, 1223, the Mercedarian Order was legally constituted at… …
8Feast of Our Lady of Ransom — The Feast of Our Lady of Ransom is a Roman Catholic liturgical Marian feast on 24 September, a double major, commemorating the foundation of the Mercedarians. HistoryOn 10 August, 1223, the Mercedarian Order was legally constituted at Barcelona… …
9kidnapping — Crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude, in an attempt to demand a ransom, or in furtherance of another crime. Most countries consider it a grave… …
10Red Brigades — This article is about the Italian group. Red Brigade may also refer to the Japanese Red Army/Anti Imperialist International Brigade. The Red Brigades ( Brigate Rosse in Italian, often abbreviated as the BR ) were a communist terrorist group… …
