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"One who is responsible for capturing one or more people and using their detainment and the threat to their well-being as a means of gaining power and leverage in the pursuit of their interests."
],
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"lang": "Dutch",
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"masculine"
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"word": "gijzelnemer"
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"word": "gíslatakari"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "kaappaaja"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "panttivankien ottaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "preneur d’otage"
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Geiselnehmer"
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"word": "gisseltaker"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gerogân-gir",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "گروگانگیر"
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"word": "gisslantagare"
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"One who is responsible for capturing one or more people and using their detainment and the threat to their well-being as a means of gaining power and leverage in the pursuit of their interests."
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gíslatakari"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "kaappaaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "panttivankien ottaja"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
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"word": "preneur d’otage"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "Translations",
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"word": "gisseltakar"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gerogân-gir",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "گروگانگیر"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "gisslantagare"
}
],
"word": "hostage-taker"
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