ransom
fidye
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'
verb
fidye karşılığı bırakmak,
fidye verip kurtarmak,
günahını bağışlatmak
noun
kefaret,
fidye,
fidye ile kurtulma
example
So some pirates now take hostages instead of ships or cargo, and 'ransom' them for tens of thousands of dollars.
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' .
Exchange or 'ransom' was to be strictly according to rank, as specified in elaborate tables.
the capture and 'ransom' of the king
The Athenians suffered 1,000 casualties, the Thebans more; Athenian prisoners were released without payment, whereas Thebes had to 'ransom' its men.
It was he who through his manipulation and deception engineered the capture and 'ransom' of my beloved daughter.
the capture and 'ransom' of the king
he was demanding millions of pounds in 'ransom'
He repeatedly had to 'ransom' prisoners taken in the course of Lombard raids, who would otherwise have been sold off as slaves.
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' .
He maintained that he had no money to pay the 'ransom' demanded and that it was a case of mistaken identity.
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.
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.
Graham was kidnapped a month after the lottery win and his kidnapper demanded a 'ransom' .
the kidnappers demanded a 'ransom'
It was common in Talmudic times for criminals to kidnap Jews for exorbitant ransoms, relying on the Jewish obligation to 'ransom' captives.
‘We will 'ransom' them, of course,’ Lombard said.
Despite the fact that his father was a landowner, town councillor, and clergyman we hear of no attempt to rescue or 'ransom' the captive.
Only recently had she found out he had intended to capture her and take her away for 'ransom' .
Eunice grew up with the Indians, who were Catholic and French-speaking, and scandalised her own people by refusing to be 'ransomed' and marrying a Mohawk called Squirrel.
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.
Being 'ransomed' to him would work out best for everyone.
Abducted by the Xiongnu hordes in 195, Cai Yan lived for twelve years in Mongolia as a chieftain's wife, bearing him two children before she was finally 'ransomed' and returned home.
Suspecting the car may be the one being 'ransomed' , police stopped Ali Jaan before he got into the car.
Dogs have been kidnapped - and 'ransoms' paid - because of it.
The hostages were freed in batches several months later after several million dollars in 'ransoms' were paid.
Others are kidnapped and killed to extort lucrative 'ransoms' from their families.
The President had no option but to dissolve the House and order a mid-term poll which cost the exchequer a 'king's ransom' .
A friend lost a 'king's ransom' and asked me to look into the circumstances, and what I found was disturbing.
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