Antonyms for ransom

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ran-suhm

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræn səm

Definition of ransom

Origin : c.1200, "sum paid for the release of a prisoner or captured man," from Old French ranson (Modern French rançon), earlier raenson "ransom, redemption," from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a redeeming," from redimere (see redeem).

noun blackmail money paid for return of possession or person
verb pay blackmail money for return of possession or person

Example sentences :

“I am afraid he is past ransom,” said the youth, shaking his head.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Ransom at long range will be about the size of it—cash or crash.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

So a king's ransom is what Benlli paid for his wife's diamond ring.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Gutierrez will be your willing servant, until we see about this ransom.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

Nareda will pay it—and Nareda will collect the ransom from the American capitalists.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

On the road the monsters insisted on a ransom for the blood of her father.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

If the Kaid finds him in bread, it will only be so much more added to his ransom.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

Yes, it must be so; it must be that his life was to be the ransom.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

You have fixed their ransom at twenty thousand pieces of eight.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

"What is still more amazing is that he does not hold us to ransom," said she at last.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for ransom

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