have ransomed
- present perfect of ransom.
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
Let them count up how many captives the temples have ransomed, what food they have contributed for the poor, to what exiles they have supplied the means of living.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
These they would willingly have ransomed at any price, but their enemies would not release them except on the payment of two white pullets for each warrior.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
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 Sastrow, Bartholomew
