Hostage in Kashmiri कॉशुर
Hostage in Malayalam മലയാളം
Hostage in Tamil தமிழ்
Hostage in English
- hostage⇄expr. give hostages to fortune, to have persons or things that one may lose.
Ex. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune (Francis Bacon). - hostage⇄hostage, noun.
1a. a person seized by an enemy, political group, or criminal and held to obtain a demand, such as safe passage, a large sum of money, or the surrender of armed resistance.
Ex. Militants seized the U.S. embassy in Teheran and an