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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Diane Foley:

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

4. Pascal Lamy:

   The U.S. president is taking trade decisions that are in total violation of the WTO rules, that was the case with these Mexican tariffs. The notion that you put a tariff because there are too many people crossing the border is just miles away from any letter and spirit of the WTO agreement. Which is why I qualify this as hostage-taking.

5. Adam Schiff:

   I think you end up funding other hostage taking and the cycle just perpetuates itself, so I think our decision is the right one, rather, try to rescue our hostages than pay ransoms, and, of course, prospectively trying to keep our people out of harm's way. I think that is really the right policy, as painful as it is, and as enormously agonizing as it is for the families of these hostages.