hostage

1. A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.

2. One that is manipulated by the demands of another: "National policies cannot be made hostage to another country” ( Alan D. Romberg).

3. One that serves as security against an implied threat: superpowers held hostage to each other by their nuclear arsenals.

4. A person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement.

5. A person taken by force to secure the taker's demands.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hostage	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ag	3
ah	5
as	2
at	2
eh	5
es	2
et	2
go	3
ha	5
he	5
ho	5
oe	2
oh	5
os	2
sh	5
so	2
ta	2
te	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
age	4
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ash	6
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ose	3
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sha	6
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the	6
tho	6
toe	3
tog	4
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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east	4
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hots	7
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stoa	4
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taos	4
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tegs	5
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toga	5
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tosa	4
tosh	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ethos	8
gates	6
getas	6
ghast	9
ghats	9
ghost	9
goats	6
goest	6
goeth	9
goths	9
haets	8
haste	8
hates	8
heats	8
hosta	8
oaths	8
shoat	8
shote	8
stage	6
stoae	5
those	8
toeas	5
togae	6
togas	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hostage	11