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Meaning of hostage in English
(Definition of hostage from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of hostage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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In the absence of decisive progress on the release of the hostages, they will then proceed immediately to the common implementation of sanctions.
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We are delighted for all the hostages and their families.
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We have throughout been pressing for the release of all hostages.
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Despite what others may think, that military stance was the first and most successful step toward getting the hostages released.
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I must say a word about two groups of hostages.
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In recent days the plight of the hostages and refugees has understandably dominated the media.
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We called on those holding hostages to release them immediately and unconditionally.
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We follow up every lead in the search for news of our hostages.
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We have made and continue to make use of every opportunity to persue the release of the hostages.
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We have a right to expect unions to settle purely domestic differences of this kind without making hostages of the rest of us.
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He has given some hostages to fortune to the north, and made some promises that it will be difficult to deliver.
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I do that because we have made ourselves hostages to liquid fuel in the internal combustion age.
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In that same prison there were some women kept as hostages until their husbands, who were under threat of arrest, gave themselves up.
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As far as concerns the structural funds, some of the major beneficiaries have already staked out an intransigent position and hostages have been taken.
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There is no question but that the taking of the hostages is totally deplorable.
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ओलिस ठेवणे…
人質, 人質（ひとじち）…
rehine, tutsak…
otage [masculine-feminine], otage…
ostatge…
gijzelaar…
எதிரி விரும்புவதைச் செய்ய சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மற்றவர்களை கட்டாயப்படுத்துவதற்காக, எதிரியால் கைதியாக அழைத்துச் செல்லப்படுபவர்…
(माँग पूरा करवाने हेतु बनाया गया) बंधक…
બંધક…
gidsel…
gisslan…
tebusan…
die Geisel…
gissel [neuter], gissel…
یرغمال…
заручник…
заложник…
బందీ/ శత్రువు కోరుకున్నది చేయమని ప్రమేయం ఉన్న ఇతర వ్యక్తులను బలవంతం చేయడానికి శత్రువు ఖైదీగా తీసుకున్న వ్యక్తి…
رَهينة…
পণবন্দী…
rukojmí…
sandera…
ตัวประกัน…
con tin…
zakładni-k/czka, zakładnik…
인질…
ostaggio…
