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RANSOMED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of ransom 2. to pay money in order to set someone free: . Learn more.
Verb He was held captive for a week before he was ransomed and returned to his family. the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers
The executive was ransomed for a million dollars. (Definition of ransom from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ransom
ransomed meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of ransom 2. to pay money in order to set someone free: . Learn more.
the redemption of a prisoner or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price. Synonyms: release, liberation, deliverance. the sum or price paid or demanded. a means of deliverance or rescue from punishment for sin, especially the payment of a redemptive fine.
Ransom is the money demanded for the release of a captive. You’ve probably heard the phrase “held for ransom.”. That means someone has been captured and is being held prisoner until a sum of money is delivered to the captors.
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense ransoms , present participle ransoming , past tense, past participle ransomed. 1. variable noun. A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped.
