held for ransom
Example Sentences
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Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada were taken hostage and held for ransom in 2021 while on a trip to Haiti organized by the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.
From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2023
Mr Lloyd says members of the group felt like they had been "held for ransom" and the cost would "bleed a big hole into the club."
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2022
According to lore, production on Starcrash was marred by widespread food poisoning, then the negative was then held for ransom by striking workers.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2020
After Atahualpa was captured and held for ransom by the Spanish, the Incan people throughout the empire brought gold and silver that the Spanish then had melted down into bullion and ingots.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
"Would it help," I suggested, "if we were to be taken prisoner by outlaws and held for ransom?"
From The Eye of Zeitoon by Mundy, Talbot
