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
Parker	['pa:kə]
Mamadou	-	Western African
Brecht	-	Dutch
Cuthberht	-	Anglo-Saxon
Ada	AY-də (English), AH-dah (Polish, Finnish)	English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Finnish
Christen (1)	-	Danish, Norwegian