Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Hostage"

A: Il la tient en otage.

A: A hostage is a person being kept illegally used as a threat so they can get what they want for example. The bad guy was holding three hostages and claimed that he would kill them unless Jenny gave him money.

A: To "foil" something is to disrupt it or defeat it. It's a bit of a poetic word.

"I will foil his evil plan!"

A "hostage" is someone held prisoner by force. Normally the person holding them hostage has some demand, like being allowed to leave a crime scene.

So, to foil a hostage situation is to defeat someone holding hostages, and free the prisoners.

A: It is a room where prisoners or people who are being held against they're will are being kept while the person or people holding them make demands for money, items of value or a getaway vehicle.

A: Hostage = someone held captive against their will for ransom (money or favors)

“The hostage situation is very intense. Forty people are held captive by 3 gunmen and are asking for $1,000,000 USD.”
“Stop holding me hostage. Please let me go.”
“The hostages were rescued by the state police and SWAT team.”

A: The heistmen had lots of hostages during their heist. The hostages were held captive in the building during the heist and could not exit the building. All the people who worked in the building were held hostage during the heist.

A: She’s being held as a hostage.
The hostages are scared.
The kidnappers asked the hostages to give them their money.

A: @lipton0417: merci :)

A: There isn't much of a difference. Being held hostage usually starts by being taken hostage. So taken is more the inciting event while being held hostage is the state you find yourself in afterwards as time goes on.

A: A captor takes a hostage. Captors capture people. Hostages are the people who are captured.

A: “To tie down” implies that more rope was used, as well as tying the hostage to something else, such as the floor or a radiator. “They tied the hostage with a rope” sounds slightly unnatural, “They tied up the hostage with a rope” sounds better to me. :)

A: It's a person who is taken forcefully by an enemy (e.g. in a war) and kept as a prisoner to try and get the people that are on the hostage's side to do what the enemy wants.

eg. She was taken/held hostage until they gave back the money.

A: Because if you are a hostage you are a prisoner… just as you cant get of jail easily you can’t get out of the promise easily

A: Yes!

A: A person who is kidnapped and told that they will be hurt unless other people will give the kidnapper what they want or do what the kidnapper wants them to do.

Example Situation:
A rich guy has a 5 year old daughter.
The rich guy is the owner of a business.
One of the rich guy's employees is named Bob.
Bob decides that he wants some of the rich guy's money, so he kidnaps the rich guy's daughter and tells the rich guy that he won't see his daughter alive again until the rich guy gives him $100,000 dollars.

A: Using “have been” in this sentence means they are still locked up in chains . If you change it to “had been” it changes the meaning to that mean they are free now but were locked up in chains before.

A: you're really good it's just that you have an accent that can make it difficult for some but that's normal 😅👍👍