Ransom

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Ransom can mean two things:

  1. Holding a person against their will, in order to get some money (or some other things)
  2. The money, or the goods which (could possibly) be obtained in such a way.

If people talk about that they need to pay money to the state or the police, to get free, the correct legal term used is usually bail.

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