ransomed Definition

ransom
noun

1. Money demanded in return for the release of a kidnapped person, for the return of property, etc.
2. relig.
Atonement; redemption.
3. An extortionate price; a vast amount of money.

Form: a king's ransom (usually)

verb ransomed, ransoming

1. To pay, demand or accept a ransom for someone or something.
2. relig.
To atone; to redeem.

Derivative: ransomable
adj

Derivative: ransomless
adj

Idiom: hold someone to ransom

To keep them prisoner until a ransom is paid.

To blackmail them into agreeing to one's demands.

Etymology: 14c: from French ransoun, from Latin redemptio redemption.