hostage
121(a) hostage to fortune — formal if something is a hostage to fortune, it could be harmed by things that happen in the future. Inviting terrorists to take part in the talks has created a hostage to fortune …
122held hostage — If you are being held hostage, you have no choice to but to do what is asked in a situation …
123a hostage to fortune — ► a hostage to fortune an act or remark regarded as unwise because it invites trouble in the future. Main Entry: ↑hostage …
124(a) hostage to something — a hostage to something phrase someone or something that is controlled by people or things that reduce their freedom Major sporting events have become hostages to the big television networks. Thesaurus: not free or independentsynonym Main entry:… …
125(the) hostage crisis — the hostage crisis [the hostage crisis] a dangerous international event in 1979–81, when Iranian students took 66 Americans from the US Embassy in Tehran and kept them as prisoners for more than 14 months. They demanded that the former Shah of… …
126List of hostage crises — This is a list of hostage crises by date …
1271975 AIA building hostage crisis — The AIA building hostage crisis was a major event which took placed at the AIA Building in Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 5 August 1975. The Japanese Red Army took more than 50 hostages at the AIA building housing several embassies… …
128take hostage — verb To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra legal demand. See Also: hold hostage …
