RANSOM
/หษนรฆnsษm/
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Scrabble
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WWF
R(1) A(1) N(1) S(1) O(1) M(3)
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Definition
/หษนรฆnsษm/
noun
- Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.“They were held for two million dollars ransom.”
- The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.“prisoners hopeless of ransom”
- A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
verb
- (14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
- To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.“to ransom prisoners from an enemy”
- To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.“Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. โ Berners.”
Source: Wiktionary
