hold for ransom

English

Verb

hold for ransom (third-person singular simple present holds for ransom, present participle holding for ransom, simple past and past participle held for ransom)

1. (US, transitive) Alternative form of hold to ransom

Further reading

• “hold someone for ransom” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “hold someone for ransom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “to hold someone for ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “to hold someone to ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary.