| Main Entry: | ransom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blackmail money paid for return of possession or person |
Synonyms: |
bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, liberation money, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue |
| Main Entry: | ransom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay blackmail money for return of possession or person |
Synonyms: |
buy freedom of, buy out, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, manumit, obtain release of, pay for release of, recover, redeem, regain, release, reprise, repurchase, rescue, save, set free, unchain, unfetter |
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intimidation for money; money to quiet informer |
Synonyms: |
bribe, bribery, exaction, extortion, hush money, milking, payoff, protection, ransom, slush fund, tribute |
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidating for money |
Synonyms: |
badger, bleed, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, hold to ransom, milk, put the shake on, ransom, shake down, shake*, squeeze*, threaten |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, fix, grease palm, have, land, lubricate, oil palm, ransom, reach, redeem, sop, square, suborn, tamper |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free, liberate |
Synonyms: |
acquit, discharge, emancipate, loose, ransom, redeem, release, rescue, save, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
confine, detain, imprison, restrain, restrict |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate, let go |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
Antonyms: |
confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take burden from |
Synonyms: |
cast off, clear, cut loose, decontaminate, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, empty, excuse, exempt, extricate, put off, ransom, redeem, relieve, rescue, rid, unburden, undo, unlade, unload, unpack, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
burden, compel, limit, suppress |
| Main Entry: | price |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial value |
Synonyms: |
amount, appraisal, appraisement, asking price, assessment, barter, bill, bounty, ceiling, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, damage, demand, disbursement, discount, dues, estimate, exaction, expenditure, expense, face value, fare, fee, figure, hire, outlay, output, pay, payment, premium, prize, quotation, ransom, rate, reckoning, retail, return, reward, score, sticker, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, tune*, valuation, wages, wholesale, worth |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover possession |
Synonyms: |
buy back, buy off, call in, cash, cash in, change, cover, defray, discharge, exchange, get back, make good, pay off, purchase, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, regain, reinstate, repay, replevin, replevy, repossess, repurchase, restore, retrieve, settle, take in, trade in, win back |
Antonyms: |
forfeit, lose |