hold hostage

hold someone hostage

to keep someone as a hostage. The terrorists planned to hold everyone hostage in the airplane. My neighbor was held hostage in his own home by a robber.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dema	-	Arabic
Marfa	-	Russian
Assunta	-	Italian
Solveiga	-	Latvian, Lithuanian
Hubert	HYOO-bərt (English), HOO-bert (German), HUY-bərt (Dutch), uy-BER (French), HUW-bert (Polish)	English, German, Dutch, French, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Lambaer	lam-BER	Limburgish