rançon

Definitions of rançon
  1. noun
    money demanded for the return of a captured person
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    type of:
    coût
    the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
  2. noun
    payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
    synonyms: protection
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    type of:
    chantage, extorsion
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
  3. noun
    extortion of money (as by blackmail)
    synonyms: chantage
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    type of:
    chantage, extorsion
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
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