hostage in the PONS Dictionary

hostage Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take/hold sb hostage
взимам/задържам нкг като заложник
to create a hostage to fortune
излагам на риск
to create a hostage to fortune
играя си със съдбата
to hold sb hostage
държа нкг като заложник

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The hostages were all released that same night.
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Isolated and without a hostage, the two brothers agreed to surrender.
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They purchased peace by offering tribute and hostages.
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The robbers rotate the hostages among various rooms and occasionally insert themselves covertly into the groups.
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Hostages get teleported around the station if the player is not fast enough to rescue them, and the overall mission is limited to 50 minutes.
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Information can be obtained by rescuing hostages being held within the buildings.
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He was a hostage and imprisoned a number of times in his lifetime.
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These individuals were well treated and shown every honor, but they were hostages.
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The other members of the band are taken hostage as well.
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Other hostages take it as a signal to flee.
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