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
Ale (1)	AH-le	Finnish, Italian, Spanish
Evripidis	-	Greek
Nosson	-	Yiddish
Vishnu	VISH-noo (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi
Dominik	daw-MEE-neek (Polish), DO-mi-nik (German)	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian, Croatian
Iakopa	-	Hawaiian