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Ransom
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an amount of money demanded or paid for the release of a person who is in captivity
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Negotiators worked tirelessly to lower the ransom amount requested by the hostage-takers.
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02
the act of releasing someone from captivity, danger, or punishment
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Their ransom came after long negotiations with the captors.
to ransom
01
to secure the release of someone or something by paying money, usually under threat
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The pirates ransomed the captured ship back to its owners.
