ransom note - translation to English
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ransom note - translation to English

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
  • "The Ransom", [[John Everett Millais]], c. 1860

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.
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.
ransom money         
suma de rescate (pago para liberar a un rehén)

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.
V. Ransom ·noun To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to Rescue; to Deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an Enemy.

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 note
1. Patsy Ramsey said she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for her daughter.
2. A15 NEW YORK –– The words, in blocky typeface, read like a ransom note.
3. A 370–word ransom note found at the scene contained many bizarre details that befuddled investigators.
4. Patsy Ramsey reported finding a ransom note in the house demanding $118,000 for her daughter.
5. Patsy Ramsey says she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for her daughter.