held for ransom
Example Sentences
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Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada were taken hostage and held for ransom in 2021 while on a trip to Haiti organized by the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.
From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2023
Of all the seafarers held for ransom globally last year, some 90% were taken here.
From BBC ● May 9, 2020
According to lore, production on Starcrash was marred by widespread food poisoning, then the negative was then held for ransom by striking workers.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2020
After Atahualpa was captured and held for ransom by the Spanish, the Incan people throughout the empire brought gold and silver that the Spanish then had melted down into bullion and ingots.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
It recalled to him the incident of Father Breault and the white woman nurse who, farther west, had been held for ransom by the Nanamalutes three years ago.
From The Golden Snare by Curwood, James Oliver
