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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| redeem | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| hostage | /x | Noun, Verb |
| kidnapper | /xx | Noun |
| extorted | x/x | Verb |
| extortion | x/x | Noun |
| paid | / | Verb |
| captives | /x | Noun |
| blackmailer | /xx | Noun |
| dowry | /x | Noun |
| captors | /x | Noun |
| king | / | Noun |
| bribe | / | Noun |
| payment | /x | Noun |
| riggs | / | Name |
| hold | / | Noun |
| cash | / | Noun |
| gunpoint | /x | Noun |
| surrender | x/x | Noun |
| steal | / | Verb |
| money | /x | Noun |
| plunder | /x | Noun |
| pittance | /x | Noun |
| abducted | x/x | Verb |
| abductors | x/x | Noun |
| snatch | / | Noun |
| pirate | /x | Noun |
| sacrifice | /xx | Noun |
| grudge | / | Noun |
| bail | / | Noun |
| bounty | /x | Noun |
| pawn | / | Noun |
| farthing | /x | Noun |
| demanded | x/x | Verb |
| exacted | x/x | Verb |
| crucified | /xx | Verb |
| tribute | /x | Noun |
| exorbitant | x/xx | Adjective |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| thief | / | Noun |
| cargo | /x | Noun |
| robber | /x | Noun |
| fetch | / | Verb |
| homage | /x | Noun |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| withholding | x/x | Noun |
| booty | /x | Noun |
| smuggler | /x | Noun |
| relinquish | x/x | Verb |
| beheading | x/x | Noun |
| reward | x/ | Noun |
| dower | / | Noun |
| decrypt | x/ | Verb |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| hijacking | /xx | Noun |
| hacker | /x | Noun |
| recompense | /xx | Noun |
| servant | /x | Noun |
| wages | /x | Noun |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| rescue | /x | Noun |
| blood money | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| smart money | //x | Name, Name |
| indemnity | x/xx | Noun |
| remuneration | xxx/x | Noun |
| protection | x/x | Noun |
| compensation | xx/x | Noun |
| acquittal | x/x | Noun |
| prize money | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| eric | /x | Name |
| severance pay | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| prize | / | Noun |
| money for old rope | /x/// | Name, Name |
| hush money | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| dirty money | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| payout | /x | Noun |
| hire | /x | Noun |
| score | / | Noun |
| salvage | /x | Noun |
| payroll | /x | Noun |
| rental | /x | Noun |
| money changing | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| refund | x/ | Noun |
| repayment | x/x | Noun |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| meed | / | Noun |
| fine | / | Adjective |
| rack | / | Noun |
| bail bond | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dobie | /x | Name |
| tate | / | Name |
| ducats | xx | Noun |
| dinars | /x | Noun |
| instalment | x/x | Noun |
| davidson | /xx | Name |
| offered | /x | Adjective |
| olive | /x | Noun |
| warren | /x | Name |
| hector | /x | Name |
| florins | /x | Noun |
| complementation | /xx/x | Noun |
| hefty | /x | Adjective |
| brooks | / | Name |
| stipulated | /xxx | Adjective |
| pesos | /x | Noun |
| undisclosed | xx/ | Adjective |
| crowns | / | Noun |
| weston | /x | Name |
| eliot | /xx | Name |
| oaxaca | /xx | Name |
| bailout | /x | Noun |
| bank | / | Noun, Verb |
| bequest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| denominated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| dollar | /x | Noun |
| emoluments | xx/x | Noun |
| finance | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| honorarium | xx/xx | Noun |
| incentive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| lease | / | Noun, Verb |
| liberation | xx/x | Noun |
| negotiable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| nonnegotiable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| outlay | /x | Noun, Verb |
| premium | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| price | / | Noun, Verb |
| purchase | /x | Noun, Verb |
| redemption | x/x | Noun |
| reparations | xx/x | Noun |
| salary | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| spice | / | Noun, Verb |
| stipend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sum | / | Noun, Verb |
| usurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| works | / | Noun |
| yen | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
