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▸ noun: A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
▸ noun: Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
▸ noun: One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
▸ noun: The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
▸ verb: (possibly nonstandard) To give (someone or something) as a hostage to (someone or something else).
▸ verb: (possibly nonstandard) To hold (someone or something) hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else.
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surety,
hostageship,
pledge,
pawn,
hostage to fortune,
borrow,
gage,
fidepromissor,
security,
hypothecator,
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