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
The Babcock family had been targeted by a super-spreader, dragged into an internet cesspool where people’s reputations are held for ransom.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2021
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
What I have suggested to you is mad quixotism at the best, and at the worst—well, do you recall what happened to poor Vyner, who was held for ransom by Greek brigands?
From The Eye of Zeitoon by Mundy, Talbot
