ransom
noun
the redemption of a prisoner or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
had ransomed
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past perfectof ransom.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After Pegasius had ransomed Solomon from captivity among the Levathae, and the barbarians had returned home, Solomon and Pegasius, who had ransomed him, set out, accompanied by a few soldiers, to Carthage.
From The Secret History of the Court of Justinian by Procopius
At that time there was an emperor in Constantinople, whose name was Isaac, and he had a brothor, Alexius by name, whom he had ransomed from captivity among the Turks.
From Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffroi de Villehardouin
And among them, as later I heard in my bed, was Randal Rutherford, who had ransomed himself out of the hands of the French in Paris, whereat I was right glad.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
She knew that she had been selfish, and that she had ransomed her conscience as much at his expense as at her own.
From Leonora by Arnold Bennett
Then, says Joinville, the poor knight was not at all confounded, but seized hold of the burgess fast by the collar, and told him he should not go till he had ransomed himself.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
