Term: ransom: payment for the release of someone
Candidate hypernym: event: something that happens at a given place and time → 1
Candidate hypernym: genus mylodon: type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: anthropometry: measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities → 0
Candidate hypernym: true sago palm: Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji → 0
Candidate hypernym: applecart: the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' → 0
Candidate hypernym: eardrum: the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound → 0
Candidate hypernym: crown prince: a male heir apparent to a throne → 0
Candidate hypernym: dysphoria: abnormal depression and discontent → 0
Candidate hypernym: privateer: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypopnea: slow or shallow breathing → 0
Candidate hypernym: thiobacillus: small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur → 0