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1. Ransom
   The USS Ransom was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Ransom was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. ransom
   [n] - money demanded for the return of a captured person 2. [n] - payment for the release of someone 3. [n] - the act of freeing from captivity or punishment 4. [v] - exchange or buy back for money
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3. ransom
   machine rest designed to repeatedly fire handguns without the vagaries of human optical sighting, physical aiming and actuation Category: Management in the public and private sector
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4. Ransom
   Ran'som (răn'sŭm) noun [ Middle English raunson , raunsoun , Old French rançon , raençon , raançon , French rançon , from Latin redemptio , from redimere to redeem. See Redee...
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5. Ransom
   Ran'som transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ransomed (-sŭmd); present participle & verbal noun Ransoming .] [ Confer French rançonner . See Ransom ,
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6. ransom
   noun the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
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7. ransom
   ransom money noun money demanded for the return of a captured person
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8. Ransom
   • (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy. • (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, ...
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9. Ransom
   Ransom is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Redemption` From Old English. Ransom doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Ransom appeared In the top-1000 was 78 years ago, In 1930. It ranked #984 In that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the name Ransom. (Based on ...
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10. ransom
    
    • money demanded for the return of a captured person
    • payment for the release of someone
    • the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
    
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11. ransom
    ransom, price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city. In ancient times cities frequently paid ransom to prevent their plundering by captors. The custom of ransoming was formerly sanctioned by law. Soldiers, given the right to kill or enslave their prisoners, frequently pre...
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12. Ransom
    An agreement made between the commander of a capturing vessel with the commander of a vanquished vessel, at sea, by which the former permits the latter to depart with his vessel, and gives him a safe conduct, in consideration of a sum of money, which the commander of the vanquished vessel, in his ow...
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13. Ransom
    (n) Ransom is the money or compensation demanded by the person who has illegitimately detained a person or article for reliving such person or returning such articles
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14. ransom
    1) n. money paid to a kidnapper in demand for the release of the person abducted. Ransom money can also be paid to return a valuable object such as a stolen painting. 2) v. to pay money to an abductor to return the person held captive.
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15. Ransom
    Ransom is an action thriller starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise and Delroy Lindo in a story about a tough businessman trying to retrieve his kidnapped son. Ransom was directed by Ron Howard in 1996.
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16. Ransom
    `Ransom` is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved. In an early German law, a similar concept was called Weregild. In Europe during the Middle Ages, ransom became an important custom of chivalric wa...
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17. Ransom
    (disambiguation) `Ransom` is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved. `Ransom` may also refer to: Entertainment: Film: Literature: Music: Fictional characters: People: Places: Other uses: See also:
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18. Ransom
    (surname) `Ransom` or `Ransome` is an English surname, also found in some trade names and military company names; it might derive either from the noun "ransom" or from contraction of "Ranulf`s son". Given name: "Ransom" and "Ransome" has also been used ...
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19. Ransom
    (novel) `Ransom` is a 2004 novel, authored by Danielle Steel and published by Random House in February, 2004. The book is Steel`s sixty-second novel. Synopsis: Peter Morgan is released from a Californian prison after four years with plans to make up to the daughters he left behind. Car...
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20. Ransom
    (Malouf novel) ) `Ransom` (2009) is a novel by Australian author David Malouf. It retells the story of the Iliad from books 16 to 24. It is studied in Australian high schools as an English text. Summary and Analysis: The story starts with Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus...
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