ransom

rescate

Dinero que se exige o se paga para dejar libre a una persona retenida.

En inglés sencillo: Money demanded or paid so that someone being held prisoner will be freed.

• They demanded a large ransom.
• Her family paid the ransom yesterday.
• The kidnappers held him for ransom.

Cómo se usa: ransom for someone (The kidnappers demanded a ransom for the missing boy.)

Expresiones frecuentes: pay a ransom, ransom demand, hold for ransom

rescate, liberación

Liberación de un prisionero o devolución de bienes capturados a cambio de dinero.

En inglés sencillo: The freeing of a prisoner or return of captured property in exchange for payment.

• The captives had little hope of ransom.
• Negotiations secured the ransom of the prisoners.
• Their families arranged for their ransom and return.

Cómo se usa: ransom of someone/something (The agreement allowed the ransom of captured sailors.)

Sinónimos: release, redemption

Expresiones frecuentes: ransom of prisoners, hope of ransom, obtain someone's ransom

rescatar

Pagar dinero para liberar a un prisionero o librar a alguien de un castigo.

En inglés sencillo: To pay money so that a prisoner is freed or someone escapes punishment.

• His family ransomed him.
• They raised enough money to ransom the prisoners.
• Could the captured soldiers be ransomed from the enemy?

Cómo se usa: ransom someone from someone/something (They ransomed the sailor from his captors.)

Sinónimos: buy someone's freedom

Expresiones frecuentes: ransom a prisoner, ransom someone from captivity