ransom

The district confirmed a ransom demand but refused to pay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

But it’s also true that hackers will often keep information confidential pending the outcome of a ransom demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

It’s not a king’s ransom, but hey, it’s free money.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

When she awakens in a hospital room two days later, there’s been no ransom note, no explanation about where she went or why.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

He looked like a son of kings, one whose parents could pay a great ransom.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Law enforcement organisations tell extortion victims not to pay ransoms as it fuels the criminal ecosystem.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

It was definitely not cheap paying off these pirates, whether it was ransoms or tariffs.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Paying ransoms has been made illegal in Nigeria, although there are allegations this ban has been widely ignored.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Many organisations in the country are not prepared for attacks and are willing to pay ransoms, which makes them attractive to hackers, he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

"Knights and lordlings, they take each other captive and pay ransoms, but they don't care if the likes of you yield or not."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

King Richard was captured on his way back from the Middle East and ransomed for 150,000 silver marks—approximately three times the annual income of the English Crown.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

“You get threatened and ransomed with a shutdown,” Mr. Massie said in an interview in late April describing the plan.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

After two were released for medical reasons and three others ransomed by a third party for an undisclosed amount, the remaining 12 went free Dec. 16 after what they described as an overnight escape.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

When Lele Pons was 5 years old, she and her mother, who is Italian and a pediatrician, were kidnapped and ransomed, a common occurrence in some parts of Latin America.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2019

They were only there a short time, though; one morning two other brothers arrived under a peace banner with a chest of gold, and ransomed them from the knights who'd cap-tured them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The Talmud, a set of commentaries on the Torah, specifically condones ransoming of hostages as a communal responsibility, and many ancient scholars considered being hostage a fate worse than death.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2021

Beric also promises to reunite Arya with her mother and brother in Riverrun, albeit by ransoming her off.

From The Verge ● Apr. 25, 2019

Simone’s situation sounds dramatic enough to hold an episode of “Homeland” — in fact, the ransoming of Carrie Mathison’s top-secret computer files drove a plot point on the Showtime series last season.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2018

At the time of the second Punic war the gentes united for the purpose of ransoming their captured gentiles.

From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels