pay ransom

Italy has been known to pay ransom for its captive nationals in the past.

“I do not believe that refusing to pay ransom is an acceptable alternative for those involved,” says Captain Mukundan.

The second were ruffians who forced their victims to pay ransom by holding their feet in fires.

We do not want to pay ransom, enormous ransom probably, if we can rescue the marquis, and destroy the gang.

Be hunted like wild beasts, and killed if they cannot pay ransom?

Ordinarily, the pirate leader would have ruthlessly killed them as he killed all prisoners who were not rich enough to pay ransom.

But after all, Owen would gladly pay ransom for me, and that was the one hope I had.