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ransom - translation to spanish
PRACTICE OF HOLDING A PRISONER OR ITEM TO EXTORT MONEY OR PROPERTY
Ransom note; Ransom money
![Ransom note delivered to the family of [[Adolph Coors III]] in 1960](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/March 2017- Coors Kidnapping Ransom Note (33460504411).jpg?width=200 "Ransom note delivered to the family of [[Adolph Coors III]] in 1960")
ransom
rescate
ransom money
(n.) = dinero del rescate
Ex: This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.
Ex: This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.
ransom note
(n.) = carta de rescate, nota de rescate
Ex: Ransom notes are normally written prior to the crime and not written by hand in order to disguise the authorship.
Ex: Ransom notes are normally written prior to the crime and not written by hand in order to disguise the authorship.
Definition
Ransom
·noun To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
II. Ransom ·noun The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
III. Ransom ·noun A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
IV. Ransom ·noun The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.
Wikipedia
Ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice.
When ransom means "payment", the word comes via Old French rançon from Latin redemptio = "buying back": compare "redemption".
Examples of use of ransom
1. "There was no ransom demand and no ransom was paid.
2. He said the U.N. will not pay a ransom and are not discussing a ransom with the suspected kidnappers.
3. Ransom demand: The kidnappers contacted MM officials and demanded a ransom, said Hatam Hattab al–Janabi of MM.
4. Reports of the big ransom paid last month are merely likely to inflate their eventual ransom price.
5. He said the gang used to kidnap people for ransom and receive the ransom amount through hundi in other countries.