ransom
practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property
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Summary
ransom ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- ransom's GND ID is recorded as 4592115-5[2].
- ransom's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85111383[3].
- ransom's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120115515[4].
- ransom's subclass of is recorded as extortion[5].
- ransom's part of is recorded as kidnapping[6].
- ransom's Commons category is recorded as Ransom[7].
- ransom's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ldqp[8].
- ransom's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1050702[9].
- ransom's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ransom[10].
- ransom's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1155087[11].
- ransom's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
- ransom's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
- ransom's name in kana is recorded as みのしろきん[14].
- ransom's YSO ID is recorded as 11652[15].
- ransom's YSO ID is recorded as 11652[16].
- ransom's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as ransom[17].
- ransom's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as løsepenger[18].
- ransom's YSA ID is recorded as Y110791[19].
- ransom's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/ransom[20].
- ransom's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781426709[21].
- ransom's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007563124205171[22].
- ransom's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-217969[23].
- ransom's KBpedia ID is recorded as Ransom[24].
- ransom's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 01123906-n[25].
- ransom's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 00097671-n[26].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for ransom include ransomware[27], a computer science term[28].
Why It Matters
ransom ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[1] ransom has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] ransom is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for ransom include ransomware[27], a computer science term[28].