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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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