MeanOF

ransom

- noun (n)

Meaning: blackmail money paid for return of possession or person

Synonyms: bribe compensation deliverance expiation liberation money payment payoff price redemption release rescue
- verb (v)

Meaning: pay blackmail money for return of possession or person

Synonyms: buy freedom of buy out deliver emancipate extricate free liberate manumit obtain release of pay for release of recover redeem regain release reprise repurchase rescue save set free unchain unfetter

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