hostage in the PONS Dictionary

hostage Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to hold sb hostage
držati nekoga kao taoca
to hold/take sb hostage
držati/uzeti nekog za taoca

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Forty-five residents of the village were taken hostage including 9 children and 29 women.
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They purchased peace by offering tribute and hostages.
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The bus was provided the following morning at 6.40 a.m. as requested and forty-two hostages were boarded and taken to the airport.
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Information can be obtained by rescuing hostages being held within the buildings.
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Other hostages take it as a signal to flee.
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He was a hostage and imprisoned a number of times in his lifetime.
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He said that he had no sympathy for the rebels or for their hostage-taking.
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The inmates took five new hostages and set more fires.
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But the inmates inside create a human shield by tying the hostages to the interior wall.
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These specialist rounds are used in situations such as hostage rescue, where a less-than-lethal approach is required in order to resolve an incident.
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