take hostage (English, verb)
expansion: take hostage (third-person singular simple present takes hostage, present participle taking hostage, simple past took hostage, past participle taken hostage)
Senses:
glosses: To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: takes hostage
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking hostage
tags: participle
present
form: took hostage
tags: past
form: taken hostage
tags: participle
past