Definition of: hostage

(hos′tij) noun
1. A person held as a pledge, as in war, for the performance of some stipulation.
2. Hence, anything given as a pledge. [<OF]

Most often used phrases:

held hostage
hostage crisis
hostage situation
hostage rescue
iran hostage
hostage taking
school hostage
hostage takers
hostage situations
iranian hostage
theater hostage
people hostage
family hostage
hostage negotiation
hostage negotiator

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humansheldhostage.com

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"hostage" has the frequency of use of 0.0004% on city-data.com forum

"hostage" has the frequency of use of 0.0007% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Definition of: hostage

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