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What does what is the meaning of the word ransom? mean?
What does what is the meaning of the word ransom? mean?
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A "ransom" is a price set for somebody or something to be released.
"Until you pay the ransom, your cat is mine!"
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To ransom something is to steal something, and sell it back to the person you stole it from. Ransom can also refer to the fee one must pay to get their goods back
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