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- Dictionaryhostage/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition: "three hostages were released but only after their families paid an estimated $200,000 to the guerrillas"
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HOSTAGE definition: 1. someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do…. Learn more.
noun. hos· tage ˈhä-stij. 1. a. : a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement. b. : a person taken by force to secure the taker's demands. 2. : one that is involuntarily controlled by an outside influence. Examples of hostage in a Sentence.
someone who is made a prisoner in order to force other people to do something: Inmates at the jail held 12 hostages and demanded to meet the governor. (Definition of hostage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hostage.
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 freed in the next few days.
a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release, exchange for prisoners, etc. the state of being held as a hostage. any security or pledge. give hostages to fortune.
A hostage is a prisoner taken by kidnappers and held until the kidnappers get whatever they’re asking for. If you refuse to empty the litter box, your roommate might take your cat as a hostage until you clean it.
a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking. Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery. He was held hostage for almost a year.
1. a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release, exchange for prisoners, etc. 2. the state of being held as a hostage. 3. any security or pledge.
someone who is kept as a prisoner and may be hurt or killed in order to force other people to do something. take/hold sb hostage. to catch or keep someone as a prisoner: Two tourists were held hostage by terrorists.
Hostage definition: A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.
