hold for ransom

== English == === Verb === hold for ransom (third-person singular simple present holds for ransom, present participle holding for ransom, simple past and past participle held for ransom) (US, transitive) Alternative form of hold to ransom. ==== Further reading ==== “hold someone for ransom” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “hold someone for ransom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “to hold someone for ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary. “to hold someone to ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary.