- take (someone) hostage
- to take or keep (someone) as a hostage:يَحْتَفِظ كَرَهينَه
The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage.
Arabic-English dictionary. 2014.
take (someone) hostage
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hold someone hostage — hold (or take) someone hostage seize and keep someone as a hostage they were held hostage by armed rebels | taken hostage at gunpoint … Useful english dictionary
take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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hostage — hos|tage [ hastıdʒ ] noun count * a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want: The President is making every effort to obtain the release of the hostages. take someone hostage: Six visiting … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hostage */ — UK [ˈhɒstɪdʒ] / US [ˈhɑstɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms hostage : singular hostage plural hostages a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want The President is making every effort to… … English dictionary
hostage — noun (C) 1 someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands: hold sb hostage (=keep someone as a hostage): The group are holding three western tourists hostage. | take sb hostage (=seize someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Hostage — A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor. The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive… … Wikipedia
hostage — [[t]hɒ̱stɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦ hostages 1) N COUNT A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands. It is hopeful that two hostages will be… … English dictionary
Beslan school hostage crisis — ] Several officials also said there appeared to be only 15 to 20 militants in the school. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E0DB1231F931A3575AC0A9629C8B63 sec= spon= pagewanted=2 Insurgents seize school in Russia and hold… … Wikipedia
hold hostage — verb a) To have possession or custody of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra legal demand. b) Any situation or leverage used to entrap or corner someone without physical restraint … Wiktionary
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