take hostage

Verb

 * 1)  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; to take as hostage.

Related terms

 * hold hostage

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: аманатҡа алыу
 * Chechen:
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ostaĝigi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ottaa panttivangiksi
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: als Geisel nehmen
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: renga matreka
 * Polish: brać zakładnika, pojmać zakładnika
 * Romanian: lua ostatic
 * Russian: брать в зало́жники, взять в зало́жники
 * Slovak:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: