Synonyms for ransom
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ran-suhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræn səm |
Top 10 synonyms for ransom Other synonyms for the word ransom
Définition 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
- “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
Antonyms for ransom
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