held for ransom
Example Sentences
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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
While an endangered pangolin was held for ransom earlier this year in another region of the country, it was captured from a forest rather than abducted from a high-security facility.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Of all the seafarers held for ransom globally last year, some 90% were taken here.
From BBC ● May 9, 2020
He was eager to get home but cannily aware of his own especial risk,—two wealthy Americans having been recently taken and held for ransom.
From Play the Game! by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
