ransom
Example Sentences
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The flatshare in your 20s, the first job when everything is known and that modest salary feels like a king’s ransom.
From MarketWatch
A nationwide search for Nancy Guthrie has unveiled several leads, including discarded gloves, DNA evidence and alleged ransom notes, but it has not lead to any major progress.
From BBC
She said she has grappled with whether her mother was taken for ransom due to the “Today” co-anchor’s wealth.
Seeing the mission through is a better option than chasing the regime with offers of ransom.
She said she believes two ransom notes demanding millions for Nancy’s return were legitimate.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
