Hostage | Mean of hostage in English Dictionary

/ˈhɑːstɪʤ/

• Noun
• a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed
1. The terrorists demanded a plane and a pilot in exchange for the hostages.
2. The hostage crisis is now entering its second week.
3. The passengers were taken hostage.
4. They were held hostage for several days.
5. a neighborhood being held hostage to fear [=a neighborhood controlled or dominated by fear]