to hostage
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9.2
- verb
- /ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
- NSFW
:
tomar como rehén
- That we were being held hostage by terrorists!
- held hostage
Examples
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The kidnappers demanded a ransom after they hostaged the bank manager.
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Are we not being held hostage by drug lords anymore?
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I will not let you hold me hostage because of HIV.
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Gone are the days of being held hostage by a desktop.
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We will not let benchmarks and tracking errors hold our strategies hostage to the existing world order.
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And that means that we are all being held hostage by the US Trade Representative's sucking up to a few special interest lobbies.
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Be willing to walk away from the negotiations at any time if your needs aren't met and you won't be held hostage by the other party.
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At this point in our nation's history, we are held hostage by those in the House of Representatives who have signed the Grover Norquist no tax pledge.
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RIM and other device makers are held hostage by telecom carriers who can and do restrict sales needed to achieve the economies of scale in development and production of mobile devices.
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Several diplomats were hostaged during the political crisis in the region.
Synonyms
632
4.0
Take someone away by force to demand money or other conditions
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8.0
To take someone away by force or trick to get money
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7.2
To take someone away by force to ask for money
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
To hostage someone comes from that same practice of giving a person as a 'guarantee', so to hostage is to hold a person to force demands or a 'promise' from another side.