Synonyms for hostage
ˈhɒs tɪdʒhostage

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1. hostage

   Synonyms:
   sponsor, bail, surety

   Antonyms:
   dictator, conqueror

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1. hostage, suretynoun

   a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

   Synonyms:
   security, warrantor, warranter, guarantor, surety

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1. • Prisoner

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1. List of paraphrases for "hostage":

   hostages, hostage-taking, ransom

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1. Jonathan Hoffman:

   Walton was kidnapped in Niger, where he lives. The rescue took place in Northern Nigeria, which neighbors Niger, early Saturday, officials said. US MOVES FORWARD WITH SEIZURE OF IRANIAN MISSILES, PETROLEUM BOUND FOR YEMEN, VENEZUELA SEAL Team 6 was chosen for the operation because they are responsible for West Africa, Fox News has learned. U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men, no U.S military personnel were injured during the operation.

2. President Barack Obama:

   You can't hold the future of Cuba hostage to what happened in the past.

3. Jeff Monken:

   The importance of getting back to normal (was a) sense of message about who we are as a nation, that we're not going to be held hostage by an invisible enemy.

4. Jim Awad:

   In the short term, the market is a hostage to interest rates, to the extent you have an increase in interest rates that the Fed doesn't control, you're getting an unwanted tightening in the financial markets.

5. Chairman Mustafa Sanalla:

   I am pleased the Presidential Council agrees that we cannot reward individuals who hold Libya's oil hostage, there can be no backroom deals if we are to build trust. Any past salary payments to the Petroleum Facilities Guards need to be transparent, properly authorised and documented.