hold to ransom

hold somebody to ransom

to force someone to do something by putting them in a situation where something bad will happen to them if they do not Some people regarded the miners' strike as the union holding the nation to ransom.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aristaios	-	Greek Mythology
Swift	[swift]
Ottmar	-	German
Theophylaktos	-	Ancient Greek
Shankar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Nepali
Karolis	-	Lithuanian