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hostage

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Übersetzungen

hostagesubstantiv

hostages

Pl.

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

otage

The kidnappers took a hostage to ensure their demands were met.

Les ravisseurs ont pris un otage pour s’assurer que leurs exigences seraient satisfaites.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

gageSoutenu ou littéraire ; emploi ancien dans des tournures comme « a hostage to fortune ».

Synonyme

bargaining chips

hostageverb

hostaged

Präteritum

hostaged

Partizip Perfekt

hostaging

Gerundium

Rare, transitive. To seize and hold as a hostage.

prendre en otage

The insurgents hostaged the businessmen after the ambush.

Les insurgés ont pris en otage les hommes d’affaires après l’embuscade.

Synonyme

hold prisoner

take prisoner

take captive

hold captive

take hostage

hold hostage

hostageadjektiv

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Used attributively in combinations such as "hostage crisis", "hostage negotiations".

d'otageS’emploie dans des syntagmes nominaux comme « hostage rescue operation ».

The military planned a hostage rescue operation.

L’armée a পরিকল্পné une opération de sauvetage d’otage.

Synonyme

coerced

interned

taken captive

held prisoner

held captive

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.