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hostage

['hɔstɪʤ] n
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gen. заложник (a person who is held prisoner in order to ensure that the captor's demands etc. will be carried out • The terrorists took three people with them as hostages; They took / were holding three people hostage); залог; заложница
hist. аманат (В Древней Руси и некоторых восточных странах: заложник, переданный в обеспечение выполнения какого л. договора, каких л. обязательств. AliceKa)
space заложник
hostage ['hɔstɪʤ] v
gen. оставлять в качестве заложника
hostage ['hɔstɪʤ] adj.
Gruzovik, obs. аманатский
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