"take hostage" meaning in English

See take hostage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes hostage [present, singular, third-person], taking hostage [participle, present], took hostage [past], taken hostage [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> hostage}} take hostage (third-person singular simple present takes hostage, present participle taking hostage, simple past took hostage, past participle taken hostage)
  1. (transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage. Tags: transitive Related terms: hold hostage Translations (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand): аманатҡа алыу (amanatqa alıw) (Bashkir), gijzelen (Dutch), ostaĝigi (Esperanto), ottaa panttivangiksi (Finnish), prendre en otage (French), als Geisel nehmen (German), túszul ejt (Hungarian), urenga matreka (Ngazidja Comorian), brać zakładnika [imperfective] (Polish), pojmać zakładnika [perfective] (Polish), lua ostatic (Romanian), брать в зало́жники (bratʹ v zalóžniki) [imperfective] (Russian), взять в зало́жники (vzjatʹ v zalóžniki) [perfective] (Russian)

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      "sense": "take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand",
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      "sense": "take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand",
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      "sense": "take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand",
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      "sense": "take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand",
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      "word": "брать в зало́жники"
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      "sense": "take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand",
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