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Contexts Past tense for to hold (someone or something) hostage in order to exchange for something else Past tense for to abduct or kidnap a person unlawfully Past tense for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone Verb ▲ Past tense for to hold (someone or something) hostage in order to exchange for something else took hostage taken hostage extorted ransomed blackmailed extorted money from held to ransom put the shake on exacted forced squeezed wrested wrung milked bled demanded extracted demanded hush money from wringed wrang shaken down shook down shaken shook extraught coerced gouged fleeced put screws to put the arm on put the bite on someone for pressurizedUS pressured bullied pressurisedUK cheated racked clipt iced got skinned stuck soaked obtained secured wrenched clipped pinched sticked obtained by force obtained by threats pulled one's leg made pay through nose obtained by threat obtained under duress held up blackmailed someone for wormed something out of someone screwed gotten gat stung Verb ▲ Past tense for to abduct or kidnap a person unlawfully snatched abducted kidnapped kidnaped seized captured hijacked nobbled shanghaied carried off made off with ran away with run away with ran off with run off with held to ransom spirited away put the snatch on grabbed removed dognaped dognapped made away with skyjacked expropriated appropriated commandeered carried away pirated waylayed waylaid body snatched bundled off confiscated borrowed nicked stole stolen carjacked ransomed caught intercepted taken hostage taken prisoner took prisoner took hostage laid hands on held for ransom took taken took over taken over took possession of taken possession of taken as hostage took as hostage Verb ▲ Past tense for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone imprisoned confined incarcerated interned immured impounded gaoledUK jailedUS detained caged penned pent held holden restrained kept constrained remanded circumscribed trammelled trammeled stockaded committed closeted iced jugged locked up held captive put away fenced in shut in held prisoner put behind bars sent down put in prison put inside locked in railed in sent to prison took into custody taken into custody put in chains put in irons clapped in irons banged up sent up put into detention locked away bottled up held in custody kept captive put under lock and key took prisoner taken prisoner kept in custody Find more words! 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