Synonyms for hostage-taking
hostage-tak·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "hostage-taking":

   hostage, hostages, abduction

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1. Joe Biden:

   Threatening the safety of Americans or any innocent civilians is always unacceptable, and hostage-taking is an act of particular cruelty and cowardice, the Taliban must immediately release Mark before it can expect any consideration of its aspirations for legitimacy. This is not negotiable.

2. Chris Christie:

   This President and his former secretary of state are for paying ransom for hostages, when you do that, you endanger even more Americans around the world to be the subject of this type of hostage taking and illegal detention.

3. Drew Thompson:

   The intense nationalism that was displayed in China upon Meng's return is an indication that Beijing's strategy was successful in their own eyes, we can therefore expect to see hostage-taking of foreign businesspeople as a recurring feature of China's diplomacy.

4. Pascal Lamy:

   My reaction is it seems that hostage-taking works. That's my reaction, if there's a rule of law, it's because people believe it's better than the law of the jungle. And many people don't like the law of the jungle because some are strong, some are weak, and they don't want the strong to always step on the weak.

5. Diane Foley:

   This accountability is essential for anyone who kidnaps or unjustly detains Americans abroad, if our country ever wishes to deter hostage-taking.