Term: ransom: payment for the release of someone
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: officialese: the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure → 0
Candidate hypernym: nefariousness: the quality of being wicked → 0
Candidate hypernym: analog clock: a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial → 0
Candidate hypernym: auscultation: listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) → 0
Candidate hypernym: extremity: an external body part that projects from the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: withdrawal: the act of ceasing to participate in an activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: international wanted notice: an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition; a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries → 0
Candidate hypernym: heartstrings: your deepest feelings of love and compassion → 0
Candidate hypernym: kwanzaa: a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year → 0
Candidate hypernym: leprosy: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae → 0