ˌhuman ˈshield BrE AmE noun [countable]
someone who is taken and kept as a prisoner by a criminal in order to protect the criminal from being killed, injured, or caught
ˌhuman ˈshield BrE AmE noun [countable]
someone who is taken and kept as a prisoner by a criminal in order to protect the criminal from being killed, injured, or caught
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012