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Contexts To hold (someone or something) hostage in order to exchange for something else To abduct or kidnap a person unlawfully To imprison, confine or incarcerate someone Verb ▲ To hold (someone or something) hostage in order to exchange for something else hostage take hostage extort ransom blackmail extort money from hold to ransom exact force squeeze wrest wring milk bleed demand shake extract demand hush money from put the shake on shake down coerce fleece gouge pressure pressurizeUS pressuriseUK screw bully rack cheat ice secure stick obtain wrench soak skin get pinch sting clip blackmail someone for hold up put screws to obtain by threat obtain by threats put the arm on worm something out of someone pull one's leg put the bite on someone for obtain under duress make pay through nose obtain by force Verb ▲ To abduct or kidnap a person unlawfully snatch abduct kidnap seize capture hijack nobble shanghai carry off make off with run away with run off with hold to ransom spirit away grab remove dognap put the snatch on make away with skyjack carry away steal pirate waylay take hostage take prisoner bundle off body snatch hold for ransom appropriate expropriate commandeer confiscate ransom nick borrow carjack take over lay hands on take as hostage take possession of Verb ▲ To imprison, confine or incarcerate someone imprison confine incarcerate intern immure impound gaolUK jailUS detain cage pen hold restrain keep constrain remand circumscribe trammel bastille stockade commit closet ice jug lock up hold captive put away fence in shut in hold prisoner put behind bars send down put in prison put inside lock in rail in send to prison take into custody put in chains put in irons clap in irons bang up send up put into detention lock away bottle up hold in custody keep captive put under lock and key take prisoner keep in custody detain at Her Majesty's pleasure shut up coop up keep under lock and key put on ice trap wall in put in jail send up the river institutionalizeUS arrest seclude bind coop quarantine sentence institutionaliseUK return to custody consign commit to custody return to prison release on bail shut away mew up take away close in engaol mew carcerate prison can pound cloister entomb pen in throw into irons enjail restrict railroad book put in solitary put into irons sentence to prison throw in dungeon throw away the keys keep under constraint deliver send assign catch sentence to jail hold under custody keep under custody certify bar sequester enslave throw in jail crib put in custody corner condemn wall up hog-tie clip someone's wings hem in box in take in drive into a corner hedge in pin down convict find guilty Find more words! 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