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Word | Hostage |
Arabic Meaning | رهينة, الرهينة |
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms / A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. / a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition. / a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed, | |
Usage | ⇒ The terrorists demanded a plane and a pilot in exchange for the hostages. ⇒ the kidnapper had instructed the hostage's family to drop the ransom at noon ⇒ The hostage will be released tomorrow. |
Synonyms | surety, bail, pledge, captive, pawn, prisoner, bond, guaranty, security, earnest, warrant, gage, kidnapped person, token, collateral, convict, detainee, guarantee, prisoner of war, certainty, |
Antonyms | captor, scare, shock, terror, undependability, warden, |
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