Definition of "ransoms" [ransoms]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ransom. (verb)

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• "These Somali pirates apparently have been trying not to kill their hostages, over the past couple of years of piracy, and they have made off with hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms."
• "These payments, called ransoms, were exacted as a condition of protection."
• "It is, however, illegal for insurance companies themselves to pay ransoms, which is why Control Risks and others make the payments."