hostage
hostage: n.
1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition.
2 a pledge or security. a hostage to fortune an acquisition, commitment, etc., regarded as endangered by unforeseen circumstances. hostageship n. [ME f. OF (h)ostage ult. f. LL obsidatus hostageship f. L obses obsidis hostage]
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