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ransom

noun as in blackmail money paid for return of possession or person

verb as in pay blackmail money for return of possession or person

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Example Sentences

“I noticed something,” I say to Marvin, feeling a little like Ransom Stoddard, attorney at law.

At the same time, we should expect a rise in kidnapping for ransom.

FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said that the bureau fully complies with U.S. policy as it relates to ransom payments.

European governments, for their part, have long agreed to pay groups like ISIS ransom money.

Where do you think the ransom money for Western hostages is going?

For ten years now had these been riding and raiding around the walls, pillaging and holding to ransom.

The second were ruffians who forced their victims to pay ransom by holding their feet in fires.

The Abbot Guilbert offers three hundred silver sous for his ransom.

He quickly pointed out Bezenecq the Rich as a townsman from whom it would be easy to extract a big ransom.

Have I not offered you three hundred gold sous for my ransom, Count of Plouernel?

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ransom, such as: bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, payment, and payoff.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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