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hostage

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Translations

hostagenoun

hostages

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

заложник

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

Похитители взяли заложника, чтобы их требования были выполнены.

Additional translations

Synonyms

bargaining chips

hostageverb

hostaged

Past Simple

hostaged

Past Participle

hostaging

Gerund

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

Synonyms

hold hostage

take hostage

hold captive

take captive

take prisoner

hold prisoner

hostageadjective

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

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

Synonyms

coerced

interned

taken captive

held prisoner

held captive

Definitions

hostagenoun

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.

hostageadjective

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.