ransom
noun
the redemption of a prisoner or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
unransomed
-
a word derived from
ransom.
Example Sentences
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It was he who, as Thaukt, the Hag, had given Hela the power to keep Baldur unransomed.
From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany
And Chambersburg unransomed In smouldering ruins slept, While up the vale, like a fiery gale, The Rebel raiders swept.
From Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors by Various
The King gave him gifts and set him free unransomed.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson
These protectresses so entirely won the affection of their charges, that when the chiefs determined eventually to restore them unransomed to their parents, they were obliged to be taken from their nurses by main force.
From A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by James Holman
Shame to his friends!—the king remains Two years unransomed and in chains.
From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Frances Nimmo Greene
