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What is the noun for ransom?

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ransom
  1. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
  2. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
  3. (historical, law, Britain) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “It was he, who through his manipulation and deception, engineered the capture and ransom of my beloved daughter.”
      “He maintained that he had no money to pay the ransom demanded and that it was a case of mistaken identity.”
ransomware
  1. (computing) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.
  2. (computing) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In the other email, the link downloaded ransomware, which encrypted files on the user's computer and held them for ransom.”
      “Users infected with a new strain of ransomware found their computers held hostage in exchange for a money transfer demanded by its creators.”
      “Previously, this ransomware, used 56-bit encryption, which could easily be tackled by security software.”
ransomer
  1. A person who pays a ransom.
ransomers
  1. plural of ransomer
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