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• n  money demanded for the return of a captured person
• n  payment for the release of someone
• n  the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
• v  exchange or buy back for money; under threat

• Although the ransom paid to free a Saudi tanker was lost when a pirate boat capsized, piracy remains a growth industry.
• Sailors typically are released from their captured vessels only after payment of a ransom.
• Negotiators were "optimistic" that Farrell and Munadi would be freed within days, without payment of a ransom.

• ransom money
• redeem

News & Articles

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• Ransom County advising no travel on county, township gravel roads
  Ransom County, ND (WDAY TV) - Ransom County is advising no travel on county gravel and township gravel roads at this time. Gravel roads in the county are in poor condition following Thursday night's rain.
  June 21, 2013 - WDAY 6 Fargo
• Beale can turn his life around against Lions, says Walker
  By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia coach Robbie Deans is right to throw Kurtley Beale into the first British & Irish Lions test despite his personal problems, according to Andrew Walker, whose own international career derailed after helping the Wallabies win the 2001 series. Dual international Walker, who scored a try from the wing during the lost first test in 2001, is thrilled the ...
  June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Rugby-Beale can turn his life around against Lions, says Walker
  By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, June 21 (Reuters) - Australia coach Robbie Deans is right to throw Kurtley Beale into the first British & Irish Lions test despite his personal problems, according to Andrew Walker, whose own international career derailed after helping the Wallabies win the 2001 series. Dual international Walker, who scored a try from the wing during the lost first test in 2001, is ...
  June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in ABC News
  Clinton said, however, "We have noticed that the pirates are buying more and more sophisticated equipment. They're buying faster and more capable vessels. They are clearly using their ransom money for their benefit, both personally and on behalf of...
• Morgan Tsvangirai in 940 News
  Mugabe must accept that the country needs to move forward. He cannot hold the country to ransom. He is the problem not the solution,said Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change.
• Gordon Brown in Wall Street Journal
  Never again should we face the deadlock that threatened to pull down those talks,Mr. Brown said Monday. "Never again should we let a global deal to move towards a greener future be held to ransom by only a handful of countries."