money demanded for the return of a captured person
source: WordNet 3.0
payment for the release of someone
source: WordNet 3.0
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
source: WordNet 3.0
The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
source: Webster 1913
verb
exchange or buy back for money; under threat
source: WordNet 3.0
To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
