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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

take hostage en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
took hostage Tense=Past lexicographic
takes hostage Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
taking hostage Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
taken hostage Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

hold hostage

Translations (13)

fi ottaa panttivangiksi (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · pl wziąć jako zakładnika (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · fr prendre en otage (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · ba аманатҡа алыу (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · ro lua ostatic (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · zdj urenga matreka (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · hu túszul ejt (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · nl gijzelen (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · eo ostaĝigi (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · ru брать в зало́жники (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · pl brać jako zakładnika (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · de als Geisel nehmen (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand) · ru взять в зало́жники (take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand)