hostage
61hostage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. security, pledge, guarantee, bond. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. security, guaranty, captive, prisoner, pawn, scapegoat, victim of a kiDNApping, sacrificial victim; see also pledge . See Synonym Study at… …
62hostage — sb. RG. 367, 563 …
63hostage — hos·tage || hÉ‘stɪdÊ’ / hÉ’s n. captive, pawn, someone held prisoner by a person or group in order to force another person or group to meet their demands …
64hostage — noun all of the hostages were released unharmed Syn: captive, prisoner, inmate, detainee, internee; victim, abductee, prey; human shield, pawn, instrument …
65hostage — n pawn, gage, prisoner; security, surety, leverage …
66hostage — hos·tage …
67hostage — noun Syn: captive, prisoner, detainee, internee …
68hostage — Po e pāna i …
69hostage — An inn; a lodging; a person held in unlawful custody for the purpose of obtaining the performance of demands made by the person holding him …
70hostage crisis — a dangerous international event in 1979–81, when Iranian students took 66 Americans from the US Embassy in Tehran and kept them as prisoners for more than 14 months. They demanded that the former Shah of Iran be sent back to Iran from the US for… …