Last Updated:2025/11/22

(transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.

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take hostage

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take hostage

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Japanese Meaning
条約や約束、要求などの履行を保証するために、特に非合法な要求に対する担保として、ある個人を拘束し人質にすること
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政府が囚人の釈放を拒否すれば、反乱軍は外交官を人質に取ると脅した。

present singular third-person

participle present

past

participle past

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