take hostage

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The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said their father and brother were also take hostage, and remain captives of Hamas.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

But Sarkozy didn't stop there, issuing a similar warning to striking workers at refineries — and presumably anywhere else — whose protests "take hostage innocent people trying to go about their daily business."

From Time • Oct. 22, 2010