HOSTAGE-TAKER

Meaning of HOSTAGE-TAKER in English

noun

a person, often one of a group, who captures sb and holds them prisoner, and who may injure or kill them if people do not do what the person is asking

► ˈhostage-taking noun [ U ]

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HOSTAGE — also: ostage (-aje) n hostage
Interlingua English vocab
HOSTAGE — ostage, garantiario
English interlingue dictionary
HOSTAGE — bihag na panagot;bihag
English-Visayan vocabulary
TAKER — noun see: take
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOSTAGE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from hoste Date: 13th century 1. a person held by one party in a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOSTAGE — I. ˈhästij, -tēj sometimes ˈhȯs- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ostage, hostage, from Old French, from oste, hoste …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKER — ˈtākə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from taken to take + -er : one that takes (as by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKER — (n.) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Английский словарь Webster
HOSTAGE — (n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations …
Английский словарь Webster
TAKER — ( n. ) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — ( n. ) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — — hostageship , n. /hos"tij/ , n. , v. , hostaged, hostaging . n. 1. a person given or held …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKER — n. one who takes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOSTAGE — n. captive, pawn, someone held prisoner by a person or group in order to force another person or group to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKER — see take I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from hoste Date: 13th century 1. a. : a person held by one party …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKER — noun one who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Webster English vocab
HOSTAGE — noun a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations …
Webster English vocab
HOSTAGE — ■ noun a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. Phrases a ~ to fortune …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOSTAGE — [hos.tage] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. hoste] (13c) 1 a: a person held by one party in a conflict as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKER — taker BrE AmE ˈteɪk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ taker|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — hostag|e BrE AmE ˈhɒst ɪdʒ AmE \ ˈhɑːst- ▷ hostag|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKER — / ˈteɪkə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ usually pl. ] a person who is willing to accept sth that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — / ˈhɒstɪdʒ; NAmE ˈhɑːs-/ noun a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKER — ta ‧ ker /ˈteɪkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ takings , ↑ undertaking …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOSTAGE — hos ‧ tage /ˈhɒstɪdʒ $ ˈhɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: hoste …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
-TAKER — -taker /teɪkə $ -ər/ AmE suffix used with nouns to describe people who take or collect things: senior decision-takers I’m …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKER — n. 1 a person who takes a bet. 2 a person who accepts an offer.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOSTAGE — n. 1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. 2 a pledge or security. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKER — n. 1 a person who takes a bet. 2 a person who accepts an offer.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — n. 1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. 2 a pledge or security. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKER — n.1 a person who takes a bet. 2 a person who accepts an offer.
Oxford English vocab
HOSTAGE — n.1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. 2 a pledge or security. Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
-TAKER — ( -takers) -taker combines with nouns to form other nouns which refer to people who take things, for example decisions …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKER — ( takers) If there are no takers for something such as an investment or a challenge, nobody is willing to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — ( hostages) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A hostage is someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES drug takers ▪ treatment for drug takers COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN census ▪ Minorities, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hold sb prisoner/hostage/captive ▪ A senior army officer was held hostage for four months. COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — [noun] [C] - someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people …
Cambridge English vocab
TAKER — noun Taker is used after these nouns: ↑ census , ↑ penalty
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — noun VERB + HOSTAGE ▪ hold (sb) , keep (sb) ▪ Eight people were held ~ for four months. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — See ↑ KEEP 10, ↑ PRISON 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ hold sb prisoner/captive/hostage • ↑ take sb hostage
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKER — сущ. 1) берущий и пр. [см. take 1. ] drug taker ≈ наркоман 2) тот, кто принимает пари вступающий во …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage ≈ держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — hostage.ogg 1. ʹhɒstıdʒ n 1. заложник he was held (as) hostage - его держали в качестве заложника to exchange hostages …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAKER — употребляется в сочетаниях - sample taker
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TAKER — употребляется в сочетаниях - sample taker
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TAKER — сущ.1) берущий и пр. (см. take 1.) drug taker — наркоман 2) тот, кто принимает пари 3) захватчик; взявший в …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOSTAGE — hostage сущ.1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage — держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOSTAGE — 1. ʹhɒstıdʒ n 1. заложник he was held (as) hostage - его держали в качестве заложника to exchange hostages - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TAKER — сущ. 1) берущий и пр. ( см. take 1.) drug taker — наркоман 2) тот, кто принимает пари 3) захватчик; …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage — держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TAKER — сущ. 1) берущий и пр. (см. take 1.) drug taker — наркоман 2) тот, кто принимает пари 3) захватчик; взявший в плен 4) а) вор, грабитель б) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage — держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage — захватывать кого-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TAKER — употребляется в сочетаниях - bottom-hole sample taker - sample taker - Schlumberger side-wall sample taker - side-wall sample taker
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
TAKER — сущ. 1) вступающий во владение 2) покупатель 3) получатель 4) предприниматель - census taker
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
TAKER — 1) получатель; покупатель 2) предприниматель - census taker
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
TAKER — 1) получатель; покупатель; легатарий 2) наниматель • - taker of bribe
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
TAKER — taker n infml Any takers? Желающие есть? There were no takers Охотников не нашлось
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TAKER — сущ. 1) берущий и пр. [см. take 1. ] drug taker ≈ наркоман 2) тот, кто принимает пари вступающий во …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage ≈ держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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