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2. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom
from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.
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Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems. --Milton.
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His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty. --Sir J.
Davies.
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3. (O. Eng. Law) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine
paid in lieu of corporal punishment. --Blackstone.
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Ransom bill (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and
its safe conduct into port. --Kent.
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Ransom Ran"som, v. t. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ransoming}.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See
{Ransom}, n.]
1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or
forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or
penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners
from an enemy.
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2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. R. [1913 Webster]

Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times
in a year. --Berners.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English