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hostage
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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.
     2. Hostages are frequently given as a security for the payment of a ransom bill, and if they should die, their death would not discharge the contract. 3 Burr. 1734; 1 Kent, Com. 106; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
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An acquaintance of the armed man at the center of the hostage-taking told the Edmonton Journal that the man is a former construction worker with a grudge against the compensation board.
Canadian hostage crisis ends with gunman surrender by AFP / AFP American Edition
An acquaintance of the armed man at the center of the hostage-taking told the Edmonton Journal that the man is a former construction worker with a grudge against the compensation board.
Canadian hostage crisis ends with gunman surrender by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The Prime Minister, speaking at Downing Street, said: "There is no justification for hostage-taking and I call on those holding them to release them immediately.
PM demands release of hostages by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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