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ran·som
/ ˈransəm/
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n.
a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.
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the holding or freeing of a prisoner in return for payment of such money:
the capture and ransom of the king.
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v. [tr.]
obtain the release of (a prisoner) by making a payment demanded:
the lord was captured in war and had to be ransomed.
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hold (a prisoner) and demand payment for their release:
mercenaries burned the village and ransomed the inhabitants.
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release (a prisoner) after receiving payment.
PHRASES:
hold someone/something at
(or for) ransom
hold someone prisoner and demand payment for their release.
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demand concessions from a person or organization by threatening damaging action.
a king's ransom
a huge amount of money; a fortune.
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Ransom's vision defined views of generations
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/23/1990; 700+ words
; ...used in the classroom. Reverdy Cassius Ransom, one of the foremost figures in Chicago...Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.), Ransom provided a social vision that foreshadowed...activists and thinkers in later generations. Ransom was born in 1861 in a log cabin in Flushing...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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RANSOM OF NOTE.(77 SQUARE SUNDAY)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 8/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...madison.com 608-252-6122 Christopher Ransom bolted awake in a panic. He felt immobile...Mineral Point home. It was spring 2005. Ransom and his wife, Pia Gandt, lived in a...pregnant women in the early 1900s. Before Ransom's nightmare, the home's previous...
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Ransom's talent outside the box
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/14/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...The name of the video on YouTube is "Cody Ransom 60in approach box jump." The clip bends the...know; he's the man who gave the Internet Cody Ransom. The baseball world discovered Ransom this week, when Alex Rodriguez underwent hip...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Ransom delivering just what St. Charles needs Senior provides co-op team with leadership.(Sports Extra)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 1/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...face, St. Charles North senior gymnast Kelsey Ransom is pretty pleased with how her high school athletics...sad endings, that hasn't been the case with Ransom. In fact, if it were not for Ransom tearing her hip flexor prior to entering high...
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Dorothy Ransom touched many
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier; 2/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...years of marriage later, Dorothy Jean Lee Ransom didn't get the medical degree, but...strongest person I ever knew," said Lou Ransom, one of her sons. "She buried four...of us kids. There was so much love." Ransom was born in Pittsburgh July 15, 1931...
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Ransom Question Hangs Over Italy Workers
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...They hardly admit paying ransom. "The government has denied...impression that it gave in to the ransom," Gustavo Selva, the head...one should not give in to ransoms. But this time, they had...1 million (euro810,000) ransom had been demanded for the women...
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RANSOM CENTER HOSTS VARIETY OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN NOVEMBER, DEC
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...the following news release: The Harry Ransom Center hosts free public programs. On...throughout November and December. At Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin...Wednesday, Nov. 4, noon The Harry Ransom Center presents the Poetry on the Plaza...
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John Crowe Ransom: A Descriptive Bibliography.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ABBOTT, Craig S. John Crowe Ransom: A Descriptive Bibliography. Troy...preparing a bibliography of John Crowe Ransom, "who led criticism to triumph in its...in "Strategy for English Studies," Ransom pronounced that professors of poetry...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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DEFENDER RANSOM IMPROVED WITH UC.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...have been watching UC senior defensive lineman Derrick Ransom. Ransom, playing in his final regular-season game for the...next spring. ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. ranks Ransom the 14th-best player in this class. And if UC coach...
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Mae Belle Ransom.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 4/8/2008; 424 words
; ...gently closed the eyes of our beloved Mae Belle Ransom, and she entered into eternal rest. Mae Belle Scott Ransom, 87, was a resident of the 300 block of Shawen Drive, Hampton. Mrs. Ransom was born in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 1, 1919...
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Ransom, Reverdy C. 1861-1959
Book article from: American Decades
RANSOM, REVERDY C. 1861-1959 Bishop, african...Social Gospel theologians. Reverdy Cassius Ransom, however, a black African Methodist Episcopal...churches and people. Formative Years Reverdy Ransom was born in Flushing, Ohio, in 1861...
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John Crowe Ransom
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Crowe Ransom John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), American poet, critic, and agrarian champion...of the Southern Agrarians, and of the New Critics. John Crowe Ransom was born in Pulaski, Tennessee., on April 30, 1888. He received...
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ransom
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...captured in battle. The amount of ransom varied with the rank of the...sum. For the payment of the ransom of Richard I (Richard C...French sovereign paid heavy ransoms for Bertrand Du Guesclin...owners. After receiving the ransom, the privateer sometimes furnished...
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Ransom E. Olds
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ransom E. Olds Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950) was an automotive industry pioneer whose company...inventor marked him as one of the field's most important founders. Ransom Eli Olds, whose ancestry stretched back to Puritan-era New England...
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Ransom
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Ransom. It is recognized in Judaism that compensation...In ancient Israel, it was common to pay ransom as an alternative to corporal punishment...x2013;4). The issue of whether a ransom is possible, or whether exact retribution...
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