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hostage noun bond, captive, collateral, guarantee, internee, obses, pledge, political prisoner, prisoner, real security, security Associated concepts: false imprisonment, kidnapping, ransom HOSTAGE. A person delivered into the possession of a public enemy in the
time of war, as a security for the performance of a contract entered into
between the belligerents.
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In addition to seemingly endless hard-work, the ruthless threat of swindlers, hostage-takers, and thuggish outlaws seeking to forcibly overtake a family ranch as well as the family itself is a harrowing menace, in this action-packed story of courage and learning to summon grace under pressure. Other officers who received the high honor at the 45th annual event had tales of saving a 92-year-old woman from a fire, evacuating an apartment building filled with more than 50 people in an early morning blaze and taking down armed hostage-takers. He has occasionally been asked by the international media to share his views on how best to negotiate with hostage-takers in Iraq. |
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