The hijacker demanded a ransom of two million dollars.
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Ransom
//ˈɹæn.səm//
Synonyms for "ransom" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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12 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- λύτρα noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- ἄποινα noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- λυτρόομαι verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- λυτρόω verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Arabic
3 entries- فِدْيَة noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- اِفْتَدَى verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- فَدَى verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Armenian
2 entries- փրկագին noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- փրկանք noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Belarusian
1 entries- вы́куп noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Bulgarian
3 entries- откуп noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- откупвам verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- плащам откуп verb (to exact a ransom for, or a payment on)
Catalan
3 entries- rescat noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- redimir verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- rescatar verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 贖金 /赎金 noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 贖金 /赎金 noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- 贖回 /赎回 verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- 贖身 /赎身 verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Czech
2 entries- výkupné noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- vykoupit verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Danish
1 entries- løsesum noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Dutch
2 entries- losgeld noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- vrijkopen verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Esperanto
1 entries- elaĉeti verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Finnish
3 entries- lunnaat noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- lunnasraha noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- maksaa lunnaat verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
French
2 entries- rançon noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- rançonner verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Georgian
1 entries- გამოსასყიდი noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
German
4 entries- Lösegeld noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- auslösen verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- auspressen verb (to exact a ransom for, or a payment on)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Greek
2 entries- λύτρα noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- λυτρώνω verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kūʻai hoʻōla verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Hebrew
2 entries- כּוֹפֵר noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- לפדות verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Hindi
3 entries- फिरौती noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- मुक्तिधन noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- फिरौती देना verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Hungarian
1 entries- váltságdíj noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Icelandic
2 entries- lausnarfé noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- lausnargjald noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Indonesian
1 entries- tebusan noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Irish
1 entries- fuascail verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Italian
1 entries- riscatto noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Japanese
1 entries- 身代金 noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Korean
1 entries- 몸값 noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Latin
2 entries- pretium noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- redimō verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išpirka noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Macedonian
1 entries- откуп noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Malay
2 entries- tebusan noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- menebus verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- løsepenger noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Persian
1 entries- فدیه noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Polish
3 entries- okup noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- odkupić verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- odkupywać verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Portuguese
2 entries- resgate noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- pagar resgate verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Russian
3 entries- вы́куп noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- вы́купить verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- выкупа́ть verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- otkupnina noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- откупнина noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- otkupiti verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- откупити verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Slovak
2 entries- výkup noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- výkupné noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Slovene
1 entries- odkupnina noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Spanish
3 entries- rescate noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- pagar la extorsión por verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
- rescatar verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Swahili
2 entries- fidia noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- fidia verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Swedish
2 entries- lösen noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- lösensumma noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Tagalog
2 entries- pantubos noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- panubos noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Thai
1 entries- ไถ่ตัว noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Turkish
1 entries- fidye noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́куп noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Welsh
2 entries- pridwerth noun (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- pridwerthu verb (to pay a price to set someone free)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The man on the phone told me that if I don't pay the ransom, I'll never see my little Johnny again!
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Tom withdrew three hundred thousand dollars from the bank to pay the ransom.
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My sacrifice will remain forever in their souls and my blood will be the price of their ransom.
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