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ransomable

ransomable adjective: suitable for being held for a ransom.

Adjective

ransomable (comparative more ransomable, superlative most ransomable)

  1. Suitable for being held for a ransom.
    • It is a clear rule of prison guard life, one that is conveyed immediately to recruits, that guards are not ransomable.1974, Lee Rainwater, Social problems and public policy: deviance and liberty

Antonyms of ransomable

Forms of ransomable

comparativemore ransomable
superlativemost ransomable

Origin of ransomable

From ransom + -able.

Questions about ransomable

What does ransomable mean?
Ransomable means suitable for being held for a ransom.
What part of speech is ransomable?
Ransomable is an adjective.

Words near ransomable in the dictionary

  1. Ransom County
  2. ransom note effect
  3. ransom note effects
  4. ransom strip
  5. ransom strips
  6. ransomable
  7. Ransome
  8. ransomed
  9. ransomer
  10. ransomers
  11. Ransomes

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