Ransom

"Ransom" in German

Lösegeld

(money paid for the freeing of a hostage)

(mit Lösegeld) freikaufen

(to pay a price to set someone free)

auslösen

(to pay a price to set someone free)

auspressen

(to exact a ransom for, or a payment on)

loskaufen

(to pay a price to set someone free)

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