held for ransom
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When one of Christopher’s cohorts is kidnapped and held for ransom, he and the former princess Anya Argen embark on a desperate quest to complete the kidnappers’ challenges and win their friend’s safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
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
Then—I clung to the theory that Miss Maitland had been abducted and was being held for ransom.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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