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hostage Etymology Atlas
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal., A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage. Pro
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