Related Words for ransom

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redeem
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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