take hostage

take someone hostage

to kidnap or seize someone to be a hostage. The terrorists planned to take the ambassador hostage. The entire family was taken hostage by the robber.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Islambek	-	Chechen
Sorina	-	Romanian
Abhay	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Dariya	DAH-ree-yah	Ukrainian
Nuru	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Guda	-	Arabic