hostage in English

noun
1
a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.
the kidnapper had instructed the hostage's family to drop the ransom at noon

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1. Shoot the hostage.

2. ( Held hostage in Brazil.

3. He's being held hostage.

4. Hannah was held hostage.

5. " Your hostage, is he heavyset?

6. Rescued Chinese hostage dies in Philippines

7. They left a hostage behind.

8. She doesn't sound like a hostage.

9. January 20: Iran hostage crisis ends.

10. The group had shot dead another hostage.

11. We're being held hostage by the Republicans.

12. These people are holding us hostage.

13. The terrorists are holding three men hostage.

14. The discussions centred on the hostage issue.

15. Carroll was held hostage for 82 days.

16. He was held hostage for almost a year.

17. " Let's take a walk. " He's got a hostage.

18. Some-body is holding your wife hostage.

19. He took a busload of children hostage.

20. Innocent children have been taken as hostage.

21. Paris children held hostage An masked man armed with a revolver is holding twenty-five children hostage in a nursery school in Paris.

22. Secure the hostage, and stay the enemy advance.

23. Why should I give up a hostage?

24. Three people died during the hostage crisis.

25. He is take hostage by the guerilla.

26. during an operation in europe, you were taken hostage.

27. The children were detained as hostage in the underground.

28. Don't fire!He hijacked a girl as a hostage.

29. 28 She was taken/held hostage by the gunmen.

30. She smiled, holding me hostage with her piercing eyes.

31. Putin is being held hostage by his generals.

32. The hostage had been shackled to a radiator.

33. He's not going to kill a hostage on live TV.

34. The other half we're leaving, booby-trapped, as a hostage.

35. The hostage is in danger, but we can still fire.

36. You know, you could also apologize for taking me hostage.

37. The hostage had a rifle levelled at his head.

38. You and your psycho friend just killed a hostage.

39. That they're the first terrorists ever taken hostage in Spain.

40. Many important people were taken hostage for even more riches.

41. Our country must not be held hostage to our past.

42. She helps the hostage escape but is taken herself.

43. The Iran hostage crisis lasts until January 20, 1981.

44. Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery.

45. 22 Eight people were held hostage for four months.

46. One group claimed to have executed the American hostage.

47. The hijackers kept the pilot on board the plane as hostage.

48. We can't allow ourselves to be held hostage by public opinion.

49. 47 pursues Sergei, who has taken Vittorio hostage inside his church.

50. It stands as the longest hostage crisis in recorded history.