A hostage is a prisoner taken by kidnappers and held until the kidnappers get whatever they’re asking for. If you refuse to empty the litter box, your roommate might take your cat as a hostage until you clean it.
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
Noun
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
n.
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance
of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the
performance of which the person is to be released.
Hostage
Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
Usage Examples
You can't let your past hold your future hostage.
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.
I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.
The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israel's existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state.