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Word: Hostage
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin obsidatus ‘the state of being a hostage’ (the earliest sense in English), from Latin obses, obsid- ‘hostage’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɒstɪdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition
Short Definition:person seized or held as security for fulfilment of condition
Examples:- three hostages were released but only after their families paid an estimated $200,000 to the guerrillas
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