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Hostage
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hostage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hostage.html. 1828.