ransom
ખંડણી
definition
verb
the lord was captured in war and had to be ransomed
obtain the release of (a prisoner) by making a payment demanded.
noun
All but one have now been released, but only after millions of dollars in ransoms were paid.
a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.
translation of 'ransom'
બાનની રકમ,
બાન-છોડાઈ
noun
મુકિતદંડ
example
He repeatedly had to 'ransom' prisoners taken in the course of Lombard raids, who would otherwise have been sold off as slaves.
He maintained that he had no money to pay the 'ransom' demanded and that it was a case of mistaken identity.
It was common in Talmudic times for criminals to kidnap Jews for exorbitant ransoms, relying on the Jewish obligation to 'ransom' captives.
The Athenians suffered 1,000 casualties, the Thebans more; Athenian prisoners were released without payment, whereas Thebes had to 'ransom' its men.
So some pirates now take hostages instead of ships or cargo, and 'ransom' them for tens of thousands of dollars.
the kidnappers demanded a 'ransom'
Despite the fact that his father was a landowner, town councillor, and clergyman we hear of no attempt to rescue or 'ransom' the captive.
It was he who through his manipulation and deception engineered the capture and 'ransom' of my beloved daughter.
Only recently had she found out he had intended to capture her and take her away for 'ransom' .
Among the New Mexicans were a Ute raised in captivity by New Mexicans and a New Mexican raised in captivity among the Utes until his family were able to 'ransom' him.
Disillusioned and discouraged, there was nothing to do, but stay in France and hope for another battle of Crécy or Poieters to come his way, and with it, a chance to capture a French noble for 'ransom' .
The enemy was allowed, if they could, to 'ransom' their enslaved women and children.
The objectification of women is further underscored by Bacon's seizing them as captives for 'ransom' .
the capture and 'ransom' of the king
Graham was kidnapped a month after the lottery win and his kidnapper demanded a 'ransom' .
the capture and 'ransom' of the king
Exchange or 'ransom' was to be strictly according to rank, as specified in elaborate tables.
It's just an incredibly natural film where Robert Shaw heads up a crew of four men who hijack a New York City subway train and 'ransom' the passengers for a million dollars.
‘We will 'ransom' them, of course,’ Lombard said.
he was demanding millions of pounds in 'ransom'
The protection money and 'ransoms' governments or insurgents extort from oil companies do not prolong the violence.
Alternatively, prisoners of war might be 'ransomed' , a more laborious yet more profitable process, since a standard ransom of 200 drachmas was a sum which few slaves would fetch.
The President had no option but to dissolve the House and order a mid-term poll which cost the exchequer a 'king's ransom' .
The hostages were freed in batches several months later after several million dollars in 'ransoms' were paid.
Being 'ransomed' to him would work out best for everyone.
Eventually Riley convinced a desert trader named Sidi Hamet to purchase him and four members of his crew and take them north - to a trading post where they could be 'ransomed' and returned home.
Captives, when they are not enslaved, are killed, or exchanged after peace has been concluded, or 'ransomed' by their countrymen, or adopted into the tribe of the captors.
Kidnapping is an industry in Colombia, and the main businessmen in this morbid human trade are the guerrillas who use the 'ransoms' to fund their war.
Seven-figure 'ransoms' in used bills easily fit in a standard-size briefcase.
A U.S. Navy official who tracks piracy issues says as long as shipping companies are willing to pay 'ransoms' , than piracy will continue.
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