"hostage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Now there was the possibility they might be held as hostages.
- "You have no intention of holding them as hostages for money."
- The crew members were held as virtual hostages for 11 days.
- Yakaka, 20, and her two children, both under four, are being held almost as hostages.
- The rebels held them as hostages for almost two months.
- "Let us seize the black devils and hold them as hostages."
- They killed two Israelis and held 9 others as hostages.
- There was a bank robbery where two thieves held four people as hostages.
- The terrorists had held a few women as hostages in a room and locked it from the inside.
- They must not be held as 'hostages' by the authorities.
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