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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bashkir:
аманатҡа алыу
(amanatqa alıw)
— 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
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Ngazidja Comorian:
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
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Dutch:
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
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Esperanto:
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
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Finnish:
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
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French:
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
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German:
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
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Hungarian:
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
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Polish:
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
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Polish:
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
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Romanian:
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
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Russian:
брать в зало́жники
(bratʹ v zalóžniki)
— 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
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Russian:
взять в зало́жники
(vzjatʹ v zalóžniki)
— 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
