hostage

UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Übersetzungen

hostagesubstantiv
hostages
Pl.
UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
The kidnappers took a hostage to ensure their demands were met.
Похитители взяли заложника, чтобы их требования были выполнены.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
Synonyme
hostageverb
hostaged
Präteritum
hostaged
Partizip Perfekt
hostaging
Gerundium
Rare, transitive. To seize and hold as a hostage.
Synonyme
hold hostage
take hostage
hold captive
take captive
take prisoner
hold prisoner
hostageadjektiv
UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
Used attributively in combinations such as "hostage crisis", "hostage negotiations".
Synonyme

Definitionen

hostagesubstantiv
A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.
The kidnappers took a hostage to ensure their demands were met.
A person who is involuntarily controlled by an outside influence.
He felt like a hostage to his own fears, unable to make decisions freely.
Something given or held as security for the performance of an act; a pledge.
His promise became a hostage to fortune.
hostageverb
To seize and hold (a person) as a hostage.
The insurgents hostaged the businessmen after the ambush.
hostageadjektiv
Relating to or involved in a situation in which people are held captive to force the fulfillment of demands.
The military planned a hostage rescue operation.