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Synonyms of ransom in English:

ransom


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noun

1‘the kidnappers demanded a huge ransom’

SYNONYMS
pay-off, payment, price

2‘the ransom of the prisoners’

SYNONYMS
release, freedom, setting free, deliverance, liberation, rescue, redemption, restoration

verb

1‘the girl was subsequently ransomed for £4 million’

SYNONYMS
obtain the release of, exchange for a ransom, buy the freedom of, release, free, deliver, liberate, rescue, redeem, restore to freedom