ransom
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t immediately clear whether the hackers requested a ransom not to release the information and whether the city paid one.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Seeing the mission through is a better option than chasing the regime with offers of ransom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
She said she believes two ransom notes demanding millions for Nancy’s return were legitimate.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
From what you say, however, you were not only let down by the trustee of your mother’s estate, your attorney appears to have held you ransom to increasingly outrageous demands.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
Besides this, they had used every means to spare themselves and their soldiers fear and hardship, not killing each other in their scuffles, but instead taking each other prisoner without demanding ransom.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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