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Synonyms for hostage-taking
hostage-tak·ing

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  1. List of paraphrases for "hostage-taking":

    hostage, hostages, abduction

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  1. Adam Schiff:

    I think you end up funding other hostage taking and the cycle just perpetuates itself, so I think our decision is the right one, rather, try to rescue our hostages than pay ransoms, and, of course, prospectively trying to keep our people out of harm's way. I think that is really the right policy, as painful as it is, and as enormously agonizing as it is for the families of these hostages.

  2. Diane Foley:

    This accountability is essential for anyone who kidnaps or unjustly detains Americans abroad, if our country ever wishes to deter hostage-taking.

  3. Drew Thompson:

    The intense nationalism that was displayed in China upon Meng's return is an indication that Beijing's strategy was successful in their own eyes, we can therefore expect to see hostage-taking of foreign businesspeople as a recurring feature of China's diplomacy.

  4. Pascal Lamy:

    My reaction is it seems that hostage-taking works. That's my reaction, if there's a rule of law, it's because people believe it's better than the law of the jungle. And many people don't like the law of the jungle because some are strong, some are weak, and they don't want the strong to always step on the weak.

  5. Chris Christie:

    This President and his former secretary of state are for paying ransom for hostages, when you do that, you endanger even more Americans around the world to be the subject of this type of hostage taking and illegal detention.

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