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   hos·tage

   /ˈhästij/

   noun

   • 1. a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition: "three hostages were released but only after their families paid an estimated $200,000 to the guerrillas"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin obsidatus ‘the state of being a hostage’ (the earliest sense in English), from Latin obses, obsid- ‘hostage’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   Learn the meaning of hostage, a noun that describes someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy to force them to do something. See how to use hostage in sentences and find translations in different languages.

   • Hostage: Arabic Translation

     HOSTAGE translate: رَهينة. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   A hostage is a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge or taken by force to secure the taker's demands. Learn the etymology, history, and examples of the word hostage from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and idioms of hostage from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Learn the meaning of hostage, a noun that refers to someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy or a threatener. See how to use the word in sentences and find translations in different languages.

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   a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release, exchange for prisoners, etc. the state of being held as a hostage. any security or pledge. give hostages to fortune.

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   A hostage is a prisoner taken by kidnappers and held until the kidnappers get whatever they’re asking for. If you refuse to empty the litter box, your roommate might take your cat as a hostage until you clean it.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhostage noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   A hostage is a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking. Learn how to use the word hostage in sentences, idioms and collocations, and find synonyms and related words.