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hostage simple english wikipedia the free encyclopedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide getting around main page simple start simple talk new changes show any page help contact us about wikipedia special pages search search appearance give to wikipedia create account log in personal tools give to wikipedia create account log in hostage 59 languages afrikaans aragonés العربية azərbaycanca български বাংলা brezhoneg català čeština cymraeg dansk deutsch english esperanto español eesti فارسی suomi français gàidhlig עברית हिन्दी hrvatski kreyòl ayisyen հայերեն bahasa indonesia ido italiano 日本語 қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 kurdî кыргызча lietuvių malagasy bahasa melayu nederlands norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål polski português română русский scots srpskohrvatski српскохрватски slovenčina slovenščina shqip српски srpski svenska тоҷикӣ ไทย türkçe українська tiếng việt walon 粵語 中文 change links page talk english read change change source view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read change change source view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export make a book download as pdf page for printing in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from simple english wikipedia the free encyclopedia a hostage is a person who is held captive against his or her will hostages are often taken held captive to force someone else to do something for their captors the people who took them hostage hostages are taken for many different reasons kidnapping is the act of taking a hostage and asking for a sum of money called ransom if the ransom is paid the hostage is freed if the ransom is not paid the hostage is killed during some crimes for example when robbing a bank hostages may be taken to stop the police from attacking the hostages are commonly used to help the thief escape by either stopping the police from shooting them or by freeing a hostage if the police will do something for example getting the robbers a car or a helicopter hostages may be taken for political reasons this is mostly done as a form of terrorism it is often done to get prisoners including prisoner of war at wartime freed or get attention for a group or issue this short article can be made longer you can help wikipedia by adding to it retrieved from https simple wikipedia org w index php title hostage oldid 9233586 category kidnapping hidden category stubs this page was last changed on 6 december 2023 at 02 52 page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license and the gfdl additional terms may apply see terms of use for details privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search hostage 59 languages add topic
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