Word "HOSTAGE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
Synonyms:
surety

Crossword Clues for HOSTAGE

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One who is held by an entertainer for a very long time (7)
Army takes a long time to get a prisoner (7)
Army takes a long time to get a prisoner
One held who loses head when on the boards (7)
One taken for ransom (7)
One held to get on with army
The crowd grow old, as he is held to ransom (7)
Captive audience at first, say, turning on entertainer
A person held as security for the fulfilment of a condition
Prisoner in house before part of journey The Guardian Quiptic 11 Mar 2024
He's the scape-goat held for ramsom (7)
Kidnapped person Mirror Classic 06 Mar 2024
Army took considerable time to get prisoner for negotiation (7)
Kidnapper's victim (7)
Terrorists' prisoner
Hijacker's prisoner (7)
He was captured many years after
Terrorist's captive
Kidnap victim Thomas Joseph 23 Jan 2024
One's taken many years
Prisoner spent half-hour on platform (7)
Ransomed person
Label put into socks for prisoner (7)
Kidnap victim The Telegraph Quick 28 Oct 2022
Army taking time to get one desiring release The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Jul 2022
Potential charge for throwing party one held? The Telegraph Toughie 10 Jun 2022
House for men only, originally earmarked for captive The Times Cryptic 31 May 2022
Entertainer, mature, one detained The Times Cryptic 14 Mar 2022
One kept prisoner as security The Guardian Quick 27 Oct 2021
Kidnapped person and entertainer get on The Sun Two Speed 17 Jun 2021
Person held ticket to access Tube The Telegraph Toughie 18 May 2021
Kidnapped person and entertainer get on
Prisoner with name sewn in stockings
Kidnap victim Thomas Joseph 17 Apr 2021
Gash toe (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 09 Apr 2021
Pawn ring put on by husband The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Mar 2021
One held for ransom The Washington Post 19 Feb 2021
One held for ransom LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2021
She-goat (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 30 Jan 2021
Garden confines male prisoner
Head office put on The Prisoner for money
Prisoner‘s name sewn into socks
She-goat walloped one held captive The Sun Two Speed 11 Oct 2020
Person taken as security The Sun Two Speed 11 Oct 2020
A diplomat may negotiate one's release Universal 24 Sep 2020
Kidnap victim The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2020
Time to join crowd for security
2005 Bruce Willis thriller Wall Street Journal 20 Jun 2020
Security men only breaking tool The Sun Two Speed 03 Jun 2020
Captive The Sun Two Speed 03 Jun 2020
One kept prisoner for 18 years under army The Telegraph Cryptic 15 May 2020
Security men only breaking tool
One taken captive by the army rages endlessly
Kidnapped person and entertainer to get on The Sun Two Speed 25 Apr 2020
Way you probably don’t want to be held Wall Street Journal 21 Mar 2020
Oh! Returned to platform with prisoner
One is held to entertain for a long period
One caught in childhood game wearing quaint socks
TV show presenter takes on mature detainee?
She-goat might be one held captive The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2019
One caught in childhood game wearing quaint socks
Prisoner starts to tunnel after getting into pipe
Someone detained as security put on a hollow gesture The Sun Two Speed 23 Mar 2019
Iran detainee of 1979-81 USA Today 23 Feb 2019
Iran detainee of 1979-81
Valuable prisoner putting label in socks
One held for money The Times Concise 23 May 2018
Old and single, guy held as prisoner
Hostilities only stop security The Telegraph Toughie 22 Feb 2018
The theatre house leads one used for bargaining? The Telegraph Toughie 19 Jan 2018
As he got found out he was taken prisoner The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Apr 2017
Detainee — gash toe (anag) The Guardian Quick 23 Jul 2016
Security seen in hot, love scene
Prisoner with form of identification sewn into breeches, once
One way to be held New York Times 27 Mar 2015
One way to be held
One held underwear with mark inside
Label carried by old gear providing security
One held captive round Mount after end of speech
Many get old in captivity
Kidnappee, at times
Jack's Mannequin song about holdup victim?
Kidnapping victim
One used to exert pressure
One used to exert pressure
Bad thing to be held
Bad thing to be held
Santa is one in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
SWAT team rescuee
Eddie Murphy rescuee in "Metro"
Prisoner, of a sort
Terrorist's insurance
One held for ransom
Behan's "The ___"
Damon, for one
Prisoner of a sort.
Person held as a pledge.
What Damon was for Pythias.
Conditional detainee
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