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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.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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.
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)