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"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."
],
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"(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."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "amanatqa alıw",
"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",
"word": "аманатҡа алыу"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"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",
"word": "gijzelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"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",
"word": "ostaĝigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"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",
"word": "ottaa panttivangiksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"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",
"word": "prendre en otage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"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",
"word": "als Geisel nehmen"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"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",
"word": "urenga matreka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"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",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać zakładnika"
},
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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",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pojmać zakładnika"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"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",
"word": "lua ostatic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ v zalóžniki",
"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",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать в зало́жники"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzjatʹ v zalóžniki",
"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",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взять в зало́жники"
}
]
}
],
"word": "take hostage"
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"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."
],
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"(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."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "amanatqa alıw",
"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",
"word": "аманатҡа алыу"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"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",
"word": "gijzelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"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",
"word": "ostaĝigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"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",
"word": "ottaa panttivangiksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"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",
"word": "prendre en otage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"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",
"word": "als Geisel nehmen"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"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",
"word": "urenga matreka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"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",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać zakładnika"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"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",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pojmać zakładnika"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"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",
"word": "lua ostatic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ v zalóžniki",
"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",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать в зало́жники"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzjatʹ v zalóžniki",
"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",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взять в зало́жники"
}
],
"word": "take hostage"
}
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