Englisch- Übersetzung für hostage
Definition für hostage
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way
- To give as a hostage to (someone or something else
- To hold 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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