hostage

UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
hostagesubstantiv
hostages
Pl.
UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
Übersetzungen
The kidnappers took a hostage to ensure their demands were met.
Похитители взяли заложника, чтобы их требования были выполнены.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
Definitionen
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.
Synonyme
hostageverb
hostaged
Präteritum
hostaged
Partizip Perfekt
hostaging
Gerundium
Rare, transitive. To seize and hold as a hostage.
Definitionen
To seize and hold (a person) as a hostage.
The insurgents hostaged the businessmen after the ambush.
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".
Definitionen
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.
Synonyme