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the price tag on a person, set by people who skipped morality class
means A sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive, prisoner, or seized property.
from From Old French 'rançon,' worn down from Latin 'redemptio' — a buying-back, a redemption. The same Latin root gives us 'redemption,' so theology and kidnapping share a grandparent: both are about paying to set something free. Religious 'redemption' kept the lofty spelling; the gritty street version softened into 'ransom.'
royal hostageEngland taxed itself for years to free King Richard I
word origincomes from Latin redemptio, meaning redemption
viking businessDanegeld was protection money paid to stop raids
modern formransomware locks your files until you pay up
insurance existscompanies quietly buy kidnap-and-ransom policies for executives