Definition of "ransoming" [ransoming]

• Present participle of ransom. (verb)

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• "According to Russian investigators, Savins said he was to be paid 100,000 euros for the job, which he described as ransoming the ship."
• "And it doesn't seem to be a case of domain name ransoming - they've had it a long time, and they have a product."
• "As a true norwegian I reealy like the idea of "ransoming" the whales."