The phrase
"to pay the ransom" means to give someone money or something valuable in order to secure the release of a person or thing that has been taken or held captive.
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Sentences with «to pay the ransom»
- (Don't pay the ransom for screen - locking ransomware, because you can almost always get around it.) (tomsguide.com)
- Peter seeks Scudder's services on behalf of his brother, Kenny (Dan Stevens), a major local drug trafficker whose wife has just been kidnapped and killed, despite Kenny paying a ransom of $ 400 thousand. (dvdizzy.com)
- Cameron outlines his Three T's agenda on tax and transparency, as well as the agreement to not pay ransoms in terrorist events and then he mentions Syria, in a slightly more downbeat manner. (politics.co.uk)
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