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0 a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal:
a ransom demand/note
They demanded a huge ransom for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped.
The gang held the racehorse to/for ransom.
1 to pay money in order to set someone free:
Her father ransomed her for a million dollars.
2 a sum of money demanded in exchange for someone or something that has been taken:
[ C ] The kidnappers demanded a huge ransom.
[ U ] The man’s brother was held for ransom.
3 to free someone who has been taken away by paying money:
The executive was ransomed for a million dollars.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer