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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151. A follower of the bandit landlord Ko Tseng-chiang, he kidnaped people for ransom, stole goods and plundered land.
152. Some firms have developed specific insurance products to address piracy - related ransom costs.
153. A King's ransom would hardly have procured all that my other daughters asked for.
154. The owners of a missing cargo ship that disappeared two weeks ago after allegedly being attacked by pirates have received a ransom demand,(www.Sentencedict.com) it was disclosed today.
155. The pirates are currently holding 14 vessels and more than 250 crew members from 25 countries for ransom in pirate-controlled Somali ports, according to the International Maritime Organization.
156. However, Afghan authorities in touch with the Taleban say the militants are also seeking ransom payment.
157. The kidnappers asked for a ransom of fifty thousand dollars.
158. Governments should purge banks that are big enough to hold the system to ransom. Or they should seek to slice through the entanglements, cordoning off the dangerous bits.
159. John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate and Robert Penn Warren were called southern fugitive poets, but that identities could be questioned.
160. Who gave himself a ransom for all , to be testified in due time.
More similar words: hansom, winsome, insomnia, insomniac, by means of, by fair means or foul, transit, transfer, transform, transmit, transfuse, transmute, translate, transpire, transport, transient, transcend, transpose, transplant, transfixed, transparent, transcribe, transgress, transience, transition, transcript, transparency, translucent, transgender, transmitted.