hostage taking

act of taking and holding a hostage or hostages
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hostage taking

Summary

hostage taking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hostage taking's main regulatory text is recorded as Strafgesetzbuch[2].
  • hostage taking's GND ID is recorded as 4121329-4[3].
  • hostage taking's subclass of is recorded as crime[4].
  • hostage taking's subclass of is recorded as offense against personal freedom[5].
  • hostage taking's subclass of is recorded as kidnapping[6].
  • hostage taking's Commons category is recorded as Hostage taking[7].
  • hostage taking's opposite of is recorded as hostage-rescue mission[8].
  • hostage taking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ys8d[9].
  • hostage taking's participant is recorded as hostage[10].
  • hostage taking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hostage taking[11].
  • hostage taking's practiced by is recorded as hostage taker[12].
  • hostage taking's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 294915699[13].
  • hostage taking's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki[14].
  • hostage taking's AniDB tag ID is recorded as 4383[15].
  • hostage taking's France 24 topic ID is recorded as prise-d-otage[16].
  • hostage taking's IMDb keyword is recorded as hostage-situation[17].
  • hostage taking's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Prise_d'otage[18].
  • hostage taking's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/57c5d47b-ca00-4a55-b24b-8ca51cef462e[19].

Why It Matters

hostage taking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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