to  take hostage
<abbr style="text-decoration: underline;" title="take / hold" > take</abbr>
teɪk
teik
hostage
həʊld
hewld
[hold] {sb} hostage

Definition & Meaning of "take hostage"in English

to take hostage
01

to keep someone as a captive with the intention of making demands or taking advantage 

Collocation
Examples
Terrorists took a group of tourists hostage in a foreign country. 
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