ransom demands
Payment for release
Ransom demands are the conditions set by kidnappers or hostage-takers for releasing their captive—typically money, but sometimes prisoner exchanges or political concessions.
The phrase also applies to cybercriminals who encrypt victims' data and demand payment for its release: The company received ransom demands after the ransomware attack.
- hostage-takingSeizing persons for demands
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- financial gainIncome exceeding expenses
- extortionObtaining through threats
threats · abduction · proof of life · negotiations · coercion · cryptocurrency · deadlines · corsairs · counteroffers · moral dilemmas · blackmail · Barbary pirates · victim · intermediaries · criminal law · encrypted messages · anonymous tip · million
- Barbary PiratesBarbary pirates, Barbary Coast, Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis
ransom demandscharitable donation
Gift to help others
gift · amnesty · fair trade · legal settlement · grant
ransom demandsunconditional surrender
Yielding without any terms
mercy · clemency · act of grace · humanitarian aid · liberation