ransom
பணத்திற்காக
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'
மீட்புப்பணம் கொடுத்து விடுவி
noun
பெருந்தொகை
example
The objectification of women is further underscored by Bacon's seizing them as captives for 'ransom' .
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.
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 capture and 'ransom' of the king
So some pirates now take hostages instead of ships or cargo, and 'ransom' them for tens of thousands of dollars.
It was he who through his manipulation and deception engineered the capture and 'ransom' of my beloved daughter.
Despite the fact that his father was a landowner, town councillor, and clergyman we hear of no attempt to rescue or 'ransom' the captive.
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.
the kidnappers demanded a 'ransom'
The Athenians suffered 1,000 casualties, the Thebans more; Athenian prisoners were released without payment, whereas Thebes had to 'ransom' its men.
It was common in Talmudic times for criminals to kidnap Jews for exorbitant ransoms, relying on the Jewish obligation to 'ransom' captives.
Graham was kidnapped a month after the lottery win and his kidnapper demanded a 'ransom' .
Only recently had she found out he had intended to capture her and take her away for 'ransom' .
He maintained that he had no money to pay the 'ransom' demanded and that it was a case of mistaken identity.
the capture and 'ransom' of the king
He repeatedly had to 'ransom' prisoners taken in the course of Lombard raids, who would otherwise have been sold off as slaves.
The enemy was allowed, if they could, to 'ransom' their enslaved women and children.
‘We will 'ransom' them, of course,’ Lombard said.
Exchange or 'ransom' was to be strictly according to rank, as specified in elaborate tables.
he was demanding millions of pounds in 'ransom'
The militants have also kidnapped over 2,500 persons; many are still untraced even after payment of hefty 'ransoms' .
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.
In 1993, Colombia's government briefly made paying 'ransoms' illegal, but there was an outcry from victims' relatives.
In August 1970 he was 'ransomed' by the West German government, after which he continued his studies at Lübeck University.
While these industry titans get paid a 'king's ransom' whether they succeed or fail, job security is a thing of the past.
Suspecting the car may be the one being 'ransomed' , police stopped Ali Jaan before he got into the car.
Dogs are being snatched from families and 'ransoms' of hundreds of euro then demanded for their safe return.
The President had no option but to dissolve the House and order a mid-term poll which cost the exchequer a 'king's ransom' .
In the last five years, at least 250 doctors were kidnapped; some were killed and others released after paying hefty 'ransoms' .
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.
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