Ransom

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice.

This article is about the criminal practice. For other uses, see Ransom (disambiguation).
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When ransom means "payment", the word comes via Old French rançon from Latin redemptio, 'buying back'; compare "redemption".

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