English-Finnish translations for hostage

panttivankiGilad Shalit on panttivanki, jonka tunnemme nimeltä, jonka vaiherikasta kohtaloa seuraamme myötätuntoisina ja huolestuneina. Gilad Shalit is a hostage with a name, whose eventful fate we follow with sympathy and concern. Kolumbian valtio on terrorismin panttivanki pahemmin kuin mikään muu valtio, ja Ingrid Betancourt ja kaikki muut panttivangit on vapautettava. Colombia, as a country, is a hostage to terrorism, more than any other, and Ingrid Betancourt must be released, and all the other hostages must be released as well. Espanja oli sodan keskeinen näyttämö ja sen suurin uhri, mutta Espanjan kansa oli myös sen panttivanki erään suuremman sodan kenraaliharjoituksessa. Spain was its main territory and the Spanish people its main victims, but the Spanish people were also its hostages in a trial run for a greater war.

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal
A person seized in order to compel another party to act in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage
Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk
One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action
The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way
To give as a hostage to (someone or something else
To hold hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else

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