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hostage

UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Traduzioni

hostagenoun
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.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
арестант
пленник
Sinonimi
prisoners
captives
bargaining chips
victims
detainees
hostageverb
hostaged
Past Simple
hostaged
Past Participle
hostaging
Gerund
Rare, transitive. To seize and hold as a hostage.
Sinonimi
hold hostage
take hostage
seize
capture
kidnap
abduct
detain
hold captive
take captive
take prisoner
hold prisoner
hostageadjective
UK
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
US
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
Used attributively in combinations such as "hostage crisis", "hostage negotiations".
Sinonimi
coerced
interned
taken captive
held prisoner
held captive
abducted
seized
confined
imprisoned
detained
captive

Definizioni

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.
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