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hostage diplomacy

hostage diplomacy noun: diplomatic relations, by detention of foreigners to affect other goals, such as using arrests to influence the implementation of amenable foreign political decisions, or prisoner swaps.

Noun

hostage diplomacy (uncountable)

  1. Diplomatic relations, by detention of foreigners to affect other goals, such as using arrests to influence the implementation of amenable foreign political decisions, or prisoner swaps.

Questions about hostage diplomacy

What does hostage diplomacy mean?
Hostage diplomacy means diplomatic relations, by detention of foreigners to affect other goals, such as using arrests to influence the implementation of amenable foreign political decisions, or prisoner swaps.
What part of speech is hostage diplomacy?
Hostage diplomacy is a noun.

Words near hostage diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. hosta
  2. Hosta virus X
  3. hostable
  4. hostaceous
  5. hostage
  6. hostage diplomacy
  7. hostage negotiator
  8. hostage negotiators
  9. hostage taker
  10. hostage takers
  11. hostage to fortune

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