HOLD SOMEONE TO RANSOM

Meaning of HOLD SOMEONE TO RANSOM in English

demand concessions from a person or organization by threatening damaging action.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

HOLD SOMEONE TO RANSOM — требовать выкуп за кого-л.
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HOLD SOMEONE TO RANSOM — требовать выкуп за кого-л.
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RANSOM — I. ˈran(t)səm, ˈraan-, ˈrain- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English raunsoun, ransoun, from Old French reançon, rançon, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RANSOM — (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
Английский словарь Webster
RANSOM — (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; …
Английский словарь Webster
RANSOM — (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of …
Английский словарь Webster
RANSOM — ( n. ) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RANSOM — ( n. ) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RANSOM — ( n. ) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RANSOM — — ransomer , n. /ran"seuhm/ , n. 1. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLD — hold 1 — holdable , adj. /hohld/ , v. , held; held or ( Archaic ) holden; holding; n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOLD — I. ˈhōld verb ( held ˈheld ; hold·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RANSOM — noun to exact a ransom for, or a payment on. 2. ransom ·noun the release of a captive, or of …
Webster English vocab
HOLD — noun binding power and influence. 2. hold ·noun the authority or ground to take or keep; claim. 3. hold ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RANSOM — [ran.som] n [ME ransoun, fr. OF rancon, fr. L redemption-, redemptio--more at redemption] (13c) 1: a consideration paid or demanded …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLD — [hold] vb held ; hold.ing [ME, fr. OE healdan; akin to OHG haltan to hold, and perh. to L celer …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RANSOM — ransom BrE AmE ˈræn t s ə m ▷ ransom|ed d ▷ ransom|er/s ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ ransom|ing …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RANSOM — / ˈrænsəm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] money that is paid to sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD — / həʊld; NAmE hoʊld/ verb , noun ■ verb ( held , held / held; NAmE /) IN HAND / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RANSOM — I. ran ‧ som 1 /ˈræns ə m/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLD — I. hold 1 S1 W1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle held /held/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RANSOM — n. & v. --n. 1 a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLD — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RANSOM — n. & v. n. 1 a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLD — v. & n. v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
RANSOM — n. & v. --n. 1. a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a …
Oxford English vocab
HOLD — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1. tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands …
Oxford English vocab
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING /hoʊld/ ( holds, holding, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RANSOM — ( ransoms, ransoming, ransomed) 1. A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING (~s, ~ing, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RANSOM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN demand ▪ His wife spent all their savings on paying ransom demands . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bag holds sth ▪ I don't think that bag will hold all those …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RANSOM — noun VERB + RANSOM ▪ hold sb for , hold sb to , kidnap sb for ▪ She was kidnapped …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOLD — INDEX: 1. to have something in your hand 2. to hold something tightly 3. to start holding something 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
RANSOM — n. 25B6; noun they demanded a huge ransom : PAY-OFF, payment, sum, price. 25B6; verb the girl was ransomed for …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLD
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RANSOM — n. 1 redemption, rescue, deliverance; release, liberation The envoy was held to ransom by a fanatical band of zealots 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOLD — v. 1 grasp, grip, clasp, seize, clutch, keep; carry, Colloq hang on to She asked me to hold the baby …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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