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Es muss ein kleines Vermögen gekostet haben, ihn abzufinden. It must have cost a pretty penny / a small fortune / a king's ransom to pay him off.

Er ging auf die Lösegeldforderung nicht ein. He ignored the ransom demand.

Entführung, erpresserische Entführung, Freiheitsberaubung [EU] Kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, illegal restraint

Zahlreiche Schiffe wurden von Piraten angegriffen und festgehalten und die Besatzungen gefangen genommen, um Lösegeld für ihre Freilassung zu erpressen. [EU] Numerous ships have been attacked and detained by pirates, who hold the crew hostage until a ransom is paid for their release.

The example sentences [G] were kindly provided by the Goethe Institute.
Sentences marked by [EU] derived from DGT Multilingual Translation Memory. The European Commission retains ownership of the copyright in the original data.
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