"hostage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Armed hostage takings, particularly those planned (e.g. by a terrorist group) for political purposes, could be considered suicide missions.
- In addition, such hostage takings often occur in a country foreign to those participating in it, making their chances of escape very limited.
- The unit's objective, Kit told me, was to "provide emergency response to a variety of crises, including terrorist activities, hostage takings, and barricaded subject situations."
- Black September did attempt and carry out a number of attacks and hostage takings against Israel.
- He also strongly condemned hostage takings and said that after the end of the war the new president should be democratically elected.
- As Ms. Bening's worldly character points out, it's often the television cameras that matter most in hostage takings.
- There has been an increase in hostage takings in the region over the last four years, with over 20 kidnaps since 2008.
- Look at what's been going on in the last ten years - Lebanon, the hostage takings.
- This is down to people moving away due to fear, combined with several kidnappings and hostage takings of students.
- And the shooting has revealed problems in the department's preparation for hostage takings on the street.
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