Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase to hold hostage.
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1. kidnap
2. abduct
3. capture
4. seize
5. detain
6. borrow
7. expugn
8. foist off
9. hent
10. shanghai
11. fang
12. lay down
13. palm off
14. set on
15. bleed white
16. deal
17. fob off
18. glom onto
19. line one's pockets
20. make hay
21. offa
22. poach
23. sease
24. seaze
25. siege
26. stake out
27. step out
28. take in
29. visit
30. abscondment
31. attrit
32. bear off
33. carry away
34. carry off
35. escapology
36. knockdown
37. land

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