hold to ransom

VERB

blackmail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

badger coerce extort

STRONG

bleed compel demand exact force milk ransom shake squeeze threaten

WEAK

put the shake on shake down

Antonyms

STRONG

give save

Example Sentences

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hold to ransom

Nor had they any prisoners to hold to ransom.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John