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Meanings of hostage situation in English

Russian
захват заложников
Portuguese
crise de reféns
Catalan
presa d'ostatges
Spanish
toma de rehenes

Act of taking and holding a hostage or hostages.

захват заложников
Usage of hostage situation in English
1
Fuller said last month police would be more a terror-related hostage situation.
Reuters
2
Now it's a hostage situation, required to avoid falling out of it.
The Guardian
3
A hostage situation has developed at a house in Lower Hutt, police say.
Radio NZ
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The police showed up, and a hostage situation ensued that lasted six days.
Wired
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People always asked us what we thought of the hostage situation.
Funny in Farsi
6
They also discussed the the hostage situation in Algeria and tensions in Mali.
BBC
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Gendarmes and police officers at a supermarket after a hostage situation in Trebes.
Reuters
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If she had been confronting a hostage situation, she would have used conversation.
Heat Wave
9
Is there some hostage situation that the rest of us don't know about?
Lola Carlyle Reveals All
10
The syndrome's name came from a hostage situation in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1973.
Monday Mourning
11
That's going to be viewed by some as a hostage situation.
Sagittarius Is Bleeding
12
I have a possible hostage situation at the old Greenbrier Nursery.
Book of shadows
13
Alotau lockdown Yesterday Alotau was locked-down as police dealt with a suspected hostage situation.
Radio NZ
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It was the nightmare textbook case of how not to handle a hostage situation.
Hostile intent
15
RNZ spoke to people inside the cordon, who described it as a hostage situation.
Radio NZ
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The assumption is that they are waiting for the development of Korean hostage situation.
Reuters
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South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common