ransoms

These Somali pirates apparently have been trying not to kill their hostages, over the past couple of years of piracy, and they have made off with hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms.

Aargh? Roger Sutton 2009

These payments, called ransoms, were exacted as a condition of protection.

The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892

It is, however, illegal for insurance companies themselves to pay ransoms, which is why Control Risks and others make the payments.

Another Hijacking Off Somalia Keeps The World's Weirdest Stock Market Alive | Markets | Minyanville.com 2010

RM wonders what kind of ransoms the perps will demand.

The Chronicle 2009

Ummm ...., make these other countries who have been paying "ransoms" for years to these pirates * pay us* to "rescue their butts" ....

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The gastronomic fashion for other wild plants, such as ransoms (wild garlic), sweet cicely, water asparagus and wood sorrel, and every wild berry, means that little escapes the notice of pickers.

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"The Somali government rejects in the strongest possible terms the payment of ransoms," he said.

World 'Abandoned' Somalia Angus McDowall 2011

Victims are held for cash ransoms as large as millions of dollars or as small as a few thousand pesos.

Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

Kate Murphy had of course heard rumors that various ships owned by Trojan affiliates had been seized by pirates, and that substantial ransoms had been paid.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

He also rebuked foreign companies for paying ransoms to pirates, averaging $4 million a hijacked ship, which means piracy "is getting worse."

World 'Abandoned' Somalia Angus McDowall 2011