"Unfortunately, the young woman had been kidnapped and was being held for ransom."
The criminals held his daughter for ransom.
I hade to pay a ransom for my hotel
To get money off of somebody
The ransom that the pirates demanded were like the war INDEMNITIES and tribute money demanded in treaties of peace by other countries.
Ransom can be when someone takes something belonging to you and makes you give something (ransom) to have it back. When you give something to have it back it is called paying the ransom.
the word rag in a sentence
A sentence with the word 'porcupine' in it is no different from any other sentence, it is just a sentence referring to a porcupine.
Can you give me a sentence with the word betwitched?
Money demanded for the return of a captured person. The women got a RANSOM note for $100,000,000
the sentence with the word ransom in the book "the ransom of red chief" is "the kid was a boy of ten, with bas- relief freckles and hair the color of the cover of the magazine you buy at the newsstand when you want to catch a train. bill and me figured that Ebenezer would melt down for a RANSOM of two thousand dollars to a cent.
The kidnappers demanded a large ransom for the safe return of the businessman.
The ransom that the pirates demanded were like the war INDEMNITIES and tribute money demanded in treaties of peace by other countries.
Randsome is not a word but ransom is. Ransom means an amount of money that is demanded for the return of something or someone important.
It comes from a Latin word 'redemptionem' meaning to redeem. Adopted into early French as 'raenson' and into English in the 13th Century as 'ransom'
Their child was abducted for a ransom they can't even afford.
Abduction is the act of taking someone away forcibly, typically without permission.
"Ransom" and "Red Chief" should both be capitalized correctly.
In "Huckleberry Finn," the humor in the use of the word "ransom" is derived from the irony that Jim, who believes he is a valuable hostage to be ransomed, is actually a free man all along. This irony adds a satirical element to the story, highlighting the absurdity of slavery and society's perception of value.
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