take hostage

English

Verb

take hostage (third-person singular simple present takes hostage, present participle taking hostage, simple past took hostage, past participle taken hostage)

1. (transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.

Related terms

• hold hostage

Translations

take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand

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• Bashkir: аманатҡа алыу (amanatqa alıw)
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• Dutch: gijzelen (nl)
• Esperanto: ostaĝigi
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• Finnish: ottaa panttivangiksi
• French: prendre en otage (fr)
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• German: als Geisel nehmen
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• Polish: brać zakładnika impf, pojmać zakładnika pf
• Romanian: lua ostatic
• Russian: брать в зало́жники impf (bratʹ v zalóžniki), взять в зало́жники pf (vzjatʹ v zalóžniki)
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