Hostage - definition, pronunciation, transcription

The terrorists demanded a plane and a pilot in exchange for the hostages.

The hostage crisis is now entering its second week.

The passengers were taken hostage.

They were held hostage for several days.

The group are holding two tourists hostage (=keeping them as hostages).

...the broker in the hostage situation was a prominent reporter that the gunman felt he could trust...

...one of the hostage takers was chosen as the group's envoy for all dealings with the authorities...

...in the past he's served as an intermediary in several hostage situations...

It was an outrage to take innocent civilians hostage.

He was one of the three persons killed by terrorists in this hostage taking.

A senior army officer was held hostage for four months.

Our country must not be held hostage to our past.

Three men were held hostage for two days by masked gunmen.

The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage