hold for ransom

hold for ransom (third-person singular simple present holds for ransom, present participle holding for ransom, simple past and past participle held for ransom)

1. (US, transitive) Alternative form of hold to ransom

• “hold someone for ransom” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “hold someone for ransom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “to hold someone for ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “to hold someone to ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary.