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ransoming

ransoming is the present participle and gerund of ransom.

Meaning of ransom

Verb

ransom (third-person singular simple present ransoms, present participle ransoming, simple past and past participle ransomed)

  1. (obsolete) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
  2. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
    • to ransom prisoners from an enemy
  3. To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
    • Terrorists will continue to hold few detainees in undisclosed locations in order to ransom them for money or some other material profit, […]2017, Bruce Oliver Newsome, James W. Stewart, Aarefah Mosavi, Countering New(est) Terrorism: Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping, and Active Violence — Assessing, Negotiating, and Assaulting, CRC Press, →ISBN

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Questions about ransoming

What is ransoming the present participle and gerund of?
Ransoming is the present participle and gerund of ransom.

Words near ransoming in the dictionary

  1. ransomed
  2. ransomer
  3. ransomers
  4. Ransomes
  5. ransometh
  6. ransoming
  7. ransomite
  8. ransomless
  9. ransoms
  10. ransomware
  11. ransomwares

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