history: I would be terrified if I was held hostage.
knowledge: However, in contemporary usage, it means someone who is seized by a criminal abductor in order to compel another party such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way, often under threat of serious physical harm to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum.
response: I see, would the abductor be making someone you know like a relative or employer act a certain way or not act in a certain way?
history: I would be terrified if I was held hostage.
I see, would the abductor be making someone you know like a relative or employer act a certain way or not act in a certain way?
I'm not famous enough or rich or well connected so probably just a relative. It sounds like there's different kinds of kidnappings, what else is there?
knowledge: Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry.
response: Yes, there's bride kidnapping or also stated as marriage through abduction, have you heard of it?
history: I would be terrified if I was held hostage.
I see, would the abductor be making someone you know like a relative or employer act a certain way or not act in a certain way?
I'm not famous enough or rich or well connected so probably just a relative. It sounds like there's different kinds of kidnappings, what else is there?
Yes, there's bride kidnapping or also stated as marriage through abduction, have you heard of it?
No, I have not heard about it, what is it?
knowledge: Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry.
response: it's a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
history: I would be terrified if I was held hostage.
I see, would the abductor be making someone you know like a relative or employer act a certain way or not act in a certain way?
I'm not famous enough or rich or well connected so probably just a relative. It sounds like there's different kinds of kidnappings, what else is there?
Yes, there's bride kidnapping or also stated as marriage through abduction, have you heard of it?
No, I have not heard about it, what is it?
it's a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
I guess it was some ancient thing.  I don't believe it would be allowed anywhere today, right?
knowledge: It continues to occur in countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus region, and parts of Africa, and among peoples as diverse as the Hmong in Southeast Asia, the Tzeltal in Mexico, and the Romani in Europe.
response: Actually it is still happening in some countries in parts of Africa. In addition it happens in countries found in Central Asia and the Caucasus regions.
history: I would be terrified if I was held hostage.
I see, would the abductor be making someone you know like a relative or employer act a certain way or not act in a certain way?
I'm not famous enough or rich or well connected so probably just a relative. It sounds like there's different kinds of kidnappings, what else is there?
Yes, there's bride kidnapping or also stated as marriage through abduction, have you heard of it?
No, I have not heard about it, what is it?
it's a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
I guess it was some ancient thing.  I don't believe it would be allowed anywhere today, right?
Actually it is still happening in some countries in parts of Africa. In addition it happens in countries found in Central Asia and the Caucasus regions.
How awful.  But there are very hostage situations here in the U.S. sometimes, even if they are the regular type.
knowledge: Interracial marriage is a form of exogamy that involves a marriage between spouses who belong to different socially-defined races or racialized ethnicities.
response: Side note but have you heard of interracial marriages? It's a marriage between those who are different races or ethnicities.