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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Before his departure he gave orders about two Padouca slaves whom he had ransomed, and was to send before him to that nation, in order to ingratiate himself by this act of generosity.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
She would still have the consolation of knowing that from the cataclysm which had overwhelmed her friends she had ransomed those most dear to her.
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman
But Artaban and the girl whom he had ransomed crouched helpless beneath the wall of the Praetorium.
From The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke
He remembered then that Chilo had ransomed himself from the hands of Ursus with such a cry, and he determined to remit the remainder of the punishment.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
But Artaban and the girl whom he had ransomed crouched helpless beneath the wall of the Praetorium.What had he to fear?
From The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke
