HOSTAGE

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HOSTAGE

hostage.

1. An innocent person held captive by another who threatens to kill or harm that person if one or more demands are not met. ? Hostage-taking is a federal crime. 18 USCA ¡ì 1203. Cf. KIDNAPPING.

2. Int’l law. A person who is given or taken into an enemy’s custody, in time of war, with his or her freedom or life to stand as security for the performance of some agreement made to the enemy by the belligerent power giving the hostage. [Cases: War and National Emergency 11. C.J.S. War and National Defense ¡ì¡ì 7¨C8.]

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