Hostages synonyms

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sureties
(Law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
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securities
Measures adopted to prevent escape:
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prisoners
A person confined in prison, as for some crime
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pawns
A person serving as security; a hostage.
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guarantees
A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly.
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captives
A subsidiary that serves only its parent company.
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scapegoats
A person, group, or thing upon whom the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others is thrust
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guaranties
Something given or held as security
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pledges (related)
A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
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Find another word for hostages. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for hostages, like: sureties, securities, prisoners, pawns, guarantees, captives, scapegoats, guaranties and pledges.
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Hostages Sentence Examples

  • After the death of Cleomenes and the refusal of the Athenians to restore the hostages to Leotychides, the Aeginetans retaliated by seizing a number of Athenians at a festival at Sunium.

  • Angered by this step, Ras Alula took prisoners the members of an Italian exploring party commanded by Count Salimbeni, and held them as hostages for the evacuation of Wa.

  • But before this event John had instituted a great inquiry, the inquest of service of June 1212, for the purpose of finding out how much he could exact from each of his vassals, a measure which naturally excited some alarm; and then, fearing a baronial rising, he had abandoned his proposed expedition into Wales, had taken hostages from the most prominent of his foes, and had sought safety in London.

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