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Webster 1913 Edition


Ransomable

Ran′som-a-ble

(-ȧ-b’l)
,
Adj.
Such as can be ransomed.

Definition 2024


ransomable

ransomable

English

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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