hostage taking in English
act of forcefully taking captives and using them as security until certain demands are met
Use "hostage taking" in a sentence
1. But the prospect of hostage-taking opens up a new quagmire.
2. Traveling to high-risk Areas puts you at increased risk for kidnapping, hostage-taking, theft, and serious injury
3. Lue, 134 F.3d 79 (2d Cir. 1998) (affirming hostage-taking conviction/plea under 18 U.S.C. § 1203, the implementing legislation for the Hostages Convention).
4. ‘Blooey! He shot himself dead’ ‘But, then, Blooey, the storyline flies off into mannered absurdity, complete with a hostage-taking on top of the Eiffel Tower.’ ‘"Sometimes you touch one," a nurse says, "and Blooey, the wolf's at the door."’