ransom

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ran·som1 /ˈrænsəm/ noun [countableC]

1 SCan amount of money that is paid to free someone who is held as a prisoner 〔爲使被囚者獲釋而支付的〕贖金

The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000.

綁匪索取25萬美元的贖金。

The government refused to pay the ransom.

政府拒絕交付贖金。

ransom demand/note

There has still been no ransom demand.

現在還沒有人索要贖金。

He’s got the ransom money.

他得到了贖金。

2 hold somebody for ransom (also hold somebody to ransom British EnglishBrE) to keep someone prisoner until money is paid 囚禁某人以索取贖金

His daughter was kidnapped and held for ransom.

他的女兒遭綁架索要贖金。

3 hold somebody to ransom British EnglishBrE to put someone in a situation where they have no choice and are forced to agree to your demands 要挾某人，脅迫某人

He has accused the nurses of holding the government to ransom by threatening to strike.

他指責護士以罷工來要挾政府。

Examples from the Corpus

hold somebody to ransom• The president said that the company would not be held to ransom by strikes.• What's outrageous is that one powerful and greedy bully, followed by its lackeys, can hold the world to ransom.• Without some such law the rich could hold the poor to ransom.• They could buy out national debts, hold governments to ransom, close down whole economies if they wanted to.• By his behaviour Yeltsin has held Clinton to ransom.• The idea of one global power holding the other to ransom seems less credible now than it has done previously.• The countries that control it will be able to hold their clients to ransom.• It attacks the foundations of a free society, encouraging those with industrial or commercial muscle to hold others to ransom.• What gives cheaper fuel campaigners the right to hold the country to ransom?

Examples from the Corpus

ransom• Note from Heron's Liberation Front demanding ransom for return of Gnome.• But dead men paid no ransoms.• I read the appeal in the newspapers for Madame V to come forward, but they said nothing about abduction or ransom.• But sometimes I want to be pampered like royalty - without having to pay a king's ransom.• It wouldn't matter if you'd been promised a king's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion.• After the families of the two men were contacted, the ransom was upped to $ 1 million.• Maybe the scarred man had suspected something and wanted a cut of the ransom.

demanding ... ransom• Note from Heron's Liberation Front demanding ransom for return of Gnome.• We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released.

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