Usually means: Demand payment for release, control.
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  1. hold to ransom: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hold to ransom: Dictionary.com
  3. hold to ransom: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. hold to ransom: Wiktionary

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  1. hold to ransom: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hold to ransom)

▸ verb:  (UK, transitive) To hold (someone) hostage until a ransom is paid.

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