held for ransom
Example Sentences
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French police have rescued the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire who had been kidnapped and held for ransom in a Paris suburb.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
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
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
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 Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
