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Ramírez secured a large ransom payment, but the death of al-Azmarly seems to have soured the terrorist’s relationship with Libya’s dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

On Monday night, the CBS affiliate in Tucson received an online ransom note on the station’s tip line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

So how could Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper, or kidnappers, be caught from these brief ransom notes?

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The sheriff’s office asked anyone with information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance or the ransom notes to contact investigators, saying even seemingly minor details could prove significant as the search continues.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

“Sybelle Glover was offered a handsome ransom for our freedom and chose to accept it in the name of the king.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

It was definitely not cheap paying off these pirates, whether it was ransoms or tariffs.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

In fact, it is illegal to pay ransoms in Nigeria.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

The payment of ransoms has been outlawed in an attempt to cut the supply of money to the criminal gangs - but this has had little effect.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

Many organisations in the country are not prepared for attacks and are willing to pay ransoms, which makes them attractive to hackers, he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

"Knights and lordlings, they take each other captive and pay ransoms, but they don't care if the likes of you yield or not."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

King Richard was captured on his way back from the Middle East and ransomed for 150,000 silver marks—approximately three times the annual income of the English Crown.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

After a nearby hospital is hacked and ransomed, the higher-ups decide to defend its system by shutting it down, which means business must be conducted in the old-fashioned, paper-and-clipboards way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

“You get threatened and ransomed with a shutdown,” Mr. Massie said in an interview in late April describing the plan.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

He was eventually freed, returned to Gambia, and ransomed fellow Muslims who were enslaved.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

Her cousins would be ransomed too, as would Tris Botley and a few more of her company, those whose kin had coin enough to buy them back.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The Talmud, a set of commentaries on the Torah, specifically condones ransoming of hostages as a communal responsibility, and many ancient scholars considered being hostage a fate worse than death.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2021

Beric also promises to reunite Arya with her mother and brother in Riverrun, albeit by ransoming her off.

From The Verge ● Apr. 25, 2019

Simone’s situation sounds dramatic enough to hold an episode of “Homeland” — in fact, the ransoming of Carrie Mathison’s top-secret computer files drove a plot point on the Showtime series last season.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2018

And of all men a Jew! for poor Earth’s ransoming.

From Satan Absolved by Wilfred Scawen Blunt