ransom
noun
the redemption of a prisoner or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
have ransomed
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present perfectof ransom.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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According to the New York Times, while European governments have ransomed their citizens from ISIS, the United States and Britain have refused.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2014
They'd long since have ransomed the good people of Tottenham for millions.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2011
It is I who have denounced your cruelty, have ransomed and re-clad your captive.'
From A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"I would not have ransomed her for all the gold in Barbary!"
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
Their jealousy goes as far as to accuse me of having arrived very poor at Stralsund, and to have ransomed the city, magnified my travelling expenses, and abused the custody of the seals.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
