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Noun Concept

Categories: Ransom

ransom ransom money ransom note

Money demanded for the return of a captured person WordNet 3.0

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Money demanded for the return of a captured person WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice. Wikipedia

Practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved. Wikipedia Disambiguation

The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration. Wiktionary

Prisoners hopeless of ransom. Wiktionary

IS A

cost

extortion

HAS INSTANCE

Ransom of John II of France

Battle of the Allia

DERIVATION

ransom

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron