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hostage

person/entity held by a belligerent party to another or seized for carrying out agreement
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Summary

hostage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,999 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: prisoner[2], kidnapping victim[3], crime victim[4]
  • Commons category: Hostages[5]
  • Said to be the same as: kidnapping victim[6]
  • Opposite of: hostage taker[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hostages[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Different from: Geisel[10]
  • Female form of label: закладніца[11], заложничка[12]
  • Male form of label: закладнік[13], заложник[14]

Why It Matters

hostage has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] hostage is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hostage. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hostage-q192620
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hostage-q192620_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hostage}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hostage-q192620}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295867
    Svkkl authority id → h0009789-rukojmi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295867, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → kidnapping victim
    Opposite of → hostage taker
    Subclass of → prisoner, kidnapping victim, crime victim
    Topic's main category → Category:Hostages
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8219, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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