Found 3 items, similar to Ransoming.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ransom penebus, penebusan, tebusan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ransom ransom n 1: money demanded for the return of a captured person [syn: ransom money ] 2: payment for the release of someone 3: the act of freeing from captivity or punishment v : exchange or buy back for money; under threat [syn: redeem]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ransoming Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See Ransom, n.] 1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.] [1913 Webster] Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. --Berners. [1913 Webster]