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past tense of ransom

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to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price
  • the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers

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“Ransomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransomed. Accessed 17 May. 2022.

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