Synonym: reclaim, recover, redeem, regain, retrieve. Similar words: hansom, winsome, insomnia, insomniac, by means of, by fair means or foul, transit, transfer. Meaning: ['rænsəm] 
n. 1. money demanded for the return of a captured person 2. payment for the release of someone 3. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment. v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat.
n. 1. money demanded for the return of a captured person 2. payment for the release of someone 3. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment. v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat. 
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91. The episode had a happy ending: according to Fleutiaux not a shot was fired, nor a ransom paid.
92. The ransom demand was a deeper secret; only a few members of the police force knew of that.
93. A number of foreign businessmen have been kidnapped and held for ransom in Manila.
94. The ransom demand was made by telephone.
95. Her diamond necklace must have cost a king's ransom.
96. The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
97. They levied a ransom on him.
98. His ransom has been effected.
99. Her kidnapper extorted a ￡75,000 ransom for her release.
100. Typewritten ransom note ? kidnapper was organized.
101. They paid a king's ransom for the painting.
102. It also has a history of paying ransom money.
103. All they wanted was the ransom money.
104. SOD . Truffles cost a king's ransom.
105. We'd better arrange the ransom right away.
106. The prime minister said radical action was required because the increasing ability of sea-borne Somali criminals to hijack and ransom ships had become "a complete stain on our world".
107. In 1932, with his wife and several associates, Kelly kidnapped Howard Woolverton, a banker in South Bend, Indiana, demanding $50,000 in ransom.
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108. The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor dearth not reprehension.
109. In one case, when the captain of a slave ship refused to pay a ransom, Roberts set fire to the ship with all of the slaves still inside.
110. A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my daughters asked for.
111. They didn't seem competent enough to pull off a kidnapping and ransom.
112. Among the show's highlights was the appearance of Ransom Eli Olds' prototype for a new model known as the "runabout."
113. They levied a tax / a fine / a ransom on him.
114. The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor beareth not reprehension.
115. We'll take him home, pay the ransom, and make our getaway.
116. Relations and friends of prominent Nigerians have also been targeted by gangs ransom money.
117. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs ramsay paid a ransom of ￡1000.
118. These bandits aren't after ransom, preferring to kill or maroon crews, pillage ships, and sell the cargo under false papers.
119. Chinese company was holding them to ransom : blockading the plant.
120. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs Ramsay paid a ransom of ￡1,000.
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