ransom
🇺🇸
/ˈrænsəm/
🇬🇧
/ˈrænsəm/
noun
R
Money paid to release someone who has been captured.
The family gathered the ransom to free their dog from the neighbor who had taken him.
verb
R
To free someone by paying money.
The company decided to ransom the important files that had been locked by a hacker.
translation
Money paid to release someone who has been captured.
To free someone by paying money.
Word Forms
3rd Present
ransoms
Past
ransomed
Perfect
ransomed
Progressive
ransoming
Plural
ransoms