Ransom

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.

   “They were held for two million dollars ransom.”

2. isim The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.

   “prisoners hopeless of ransom”

3. isim A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.

   “punished with imprisonment and ransom at the King's will”

4. fiil To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
5. fiil To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.

   “to ransom prisoners from an enemy”

6. fiil To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.

   “Terrorists will continue to hold few detainees in undisclosed locations in order to ransom them for money or some other material profit, […]”

7. özel isim A surname.
8. özel isim A village in Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, named after Thomas E. G. Ransom.
9. özel isim A minor city in Ness County, Kansas, also named after Thomas Ransom.
10. özel isim An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
11. özel isim A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, named after Epaphroditus Ransom.
12. özel isim An unincorporated community and township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
13. özel isim A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.