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1. (n.) hostage
a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
2. hostage
Archaic. a security or pledge.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME < OF hostage)
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1. (noun) hostage, surety
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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1. (noun) hostage
sb who is kept prisoner by people who demand sth for their release
a woman who was taken hostage during the robbery; four men were held hostage
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1. (noun) hostage
a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. hostage
A person held as a pledge that certain terms or agreements will be kept. (The taking of hostages is forbidden under the Geneva Conventions, 1949.)
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Sense: a person who is held prisoner in order to ensure that the captor's demands etc will be carried out
The terrorists took three people with them as hostages; They took / were holding three people hostage.
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 Afrikaans: gyselaar |
 Arabic: رَهينَه |
 Bulgarian: заложник |
 Brazilian: refém |
 Czech: rukojmí |
 German: die Geisel |
 Danish: gidsel |
 Greek: όμηρος |
 Spanish: rehén |
 Estonian: pantvang |
 Farsi: گروگان |
 Finnish: panttivanki |
 French: otage |
 Hebrew: בֶּן עֲרוּבָּה |
 Hindi: बंधक व्यक्ति |
 Croatian: talac |
 Hungarian: túsz |
 Indonesian: sandera |
 Icelandic: gísl |
 Italian: ostaggio |
 Japanese: 人質 |
 Korean: 인질 |
 Lithuanian: įkaitas |
 Latvian: ķīlnieks |
 Malay: tebusan |
 Dutch: gijzelaar |
 Norwegian: gissel |
 Polish: zakładnik |
 Persian: گروگان |
 Pashto: یرغمل |
 Portuguese: refém |
 Romanian: ostatic |
 Russian: заложник |
 Slovak: rukojemník |
 Slovenian: talec |
 Serbian: talac |
 Swedish: gisslan |
 Thai: ตัวประกัน |
 Turkish: rehine |
 Taiwanese: 人質 |
 Ukrainian: заручник |
 Urdu: مکفول شخص |
 Vietnamese: con tin |
 Chinese: 人质 |
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