ransom englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
(historical, legal, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.

(14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

They were held for two million dollars ransom.
They were held to ransom.
Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.
His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty.
As rich as was the ransom Priam paid for Hektor, Hermes says, his remaining sons at Troy “'would give three times as much ransom / for you, who are alive, were Atreus' son Agamemnon / to recognize you.'”
prisoners hopeless of ransom
to ransom prisoners from an enemy
Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. — Berners.

Partisiipin perfekti	ransomed	Imperfekti	ransomed
Partisiipin preesens	ransoming	Monikko	ransoms
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	ransoms	Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	ransometh (vanhahtava)

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