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Hostage

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
surety
plural
Hostages
possessive
Hostage's
pluralpossessive
Hostages'