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  1. hostage | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˈhɑs·tɪdʒ / Add to word list. someone who is made a prisoner in order to force other people to do something: Inmates at the jail held 12 hostages and demanded to meet the governor. (Definition of hostage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hostage.

  2. Updated Nov. 25, 2023, 9:23 AM UTC. By NBC News. Coverage on this live blog has ended. Follow live updates here. Twenty-four hostages were released from Gaza and 39 Palestinian prisoners were...

  3. Oct 8, 2023 · A hostage crisis — punctuated by graphic and bloody videos appearing to show militants abducting Israelis — continued to unfold Sunday as Hamas’ attack on Israel entered a second day. Israel has...

  4. Oct 11, 2023 · Washington CNN — The Biden administration is still searching for concrete details about the condition of the handful of Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, including exactly...

  5. Jan 16, 2022 · Hostage situation at Texas synagogue. By Adrienne Vogt, Meg Wagner, Jessie Yeung and Adam Renton, CNN. Updated 1:26 a.m. ET, January 16, 2022. 38 Posts. Sort by. 12:15 a.m. ET, January 16, 2022....

  6. noun. a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release, exchange for prisoners, etc. the state of being held as a hostage. any security or pledge. give hostages to fortune.

  7. Add to word list. someone who is made a prisoner in order to force other people to do something: Inmates at the jail held 12 hostages and demanded to meet the governor. (Definition of hostage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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