ransom
Definition
- n. money demanded for the return of a captured person
- n. payment for the release of someone
- n. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
- v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat
Word forms
- Present participle
- ransoming
- Past tense
- ransomed
- Third person singular
- ransoms
- Past participle
- ransomed
Example sentences
n.
The kidnapper demanded a large ransom for the safe return of the hostage.
vt.
They had to ransom the captured soldier before he was harmed.