ransomable

English

Etymology

ransom +‎ -able

Adjective

ransomable (comparative more ransomable, superlative most ransomable)

  1. Suitable for being held for a ransom.
    • 1974, Lee Rainwater, Social problems and public policy: deviance and liberty:
      It is a clear rule of prison guard life, one that is conveyed immediately to recruits, that guards are not ransomable.

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