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ransom money

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ransom
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈræn.səm/ us /ˈræn.səm/
a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for ...
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money
noun[U]
uk /ˈmʌn.i/ us /ˈmʌn.i/
coins or notes (= special pieces of paper) that are used to buy things, or an amount of these that a ...
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Examples of ransom money


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In my opinion, this £300 million could be properly described as £300 million ransommoney.
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There is an alternative—to pay ransommoney which we cannot afford or to sit out a strike which will wreck the industry and the economy.
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Nevertheless, it is still just worth the flat owner's while to agree to pay it as ransommoney to make his lease saleable once again.
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Only those who could pay ransommoney escaped.
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After receiving $500,000 in ransommoney, he was captured and sentenced to life in prison.
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It took two years, and a great deal of ransommoney to bring the survivors home.
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Dobermaxx soon turns up with the cop's partner, whom he had convinced to return from the domestic airport with the ransommoney.
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Many people come forward to claim their stake in the ransommoney.
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Troops also recovered some of the ransommoney paid by the owner of the yacht for the release of its crew.
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All of the items they bought with the ransommoney were confiscated and their moped has broken down.
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A stash containing $13,760 of the ransommoney was subsequently found hidden in his garage.
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Hauptmann was positively identified as the man to whom the ransommoney was delivered.
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He leaves her there (with a fan for air and a gallon of water) until he receives the ransommoney.
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The police dispatch a squad car carrying the ransommoney.
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Clearly horrified at what he has done, he takes the ransommoney to the officers at the scene.
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