Hostage and Token

Hostage

Hostage noun - A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.

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Token and hostage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Token" instead a noun "Hostage".

Token noun - Something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event.

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Hostage and token are semantically related. You can use "Hostage" instead a noun "Token".

Nearby Word: tokenism

valuable	valuable hostage	valuable token
particular	particular hostage	particular token
fake	fake hostage	fake token
single	single hostage	single token
Other adjectives: new, political, random, next, last.

Token Evil Teammate: Jake seems to be heading towards this, when he walked into Karis's house and threatened him with his wife as a hostage.

Source: Roleplay / Mass Effect RP
Hostage for MacGuffin: Used by the eeevil Xig-Lem when he doesn't reach the Token Mini-Moe before the heroes.

Source: Fan Fic / Knight Of Lolicon
Mr. Wolf, the Anti-Villain leader of a team of hostage-taking bank robbers, has one late in The Kill Point, after his Token Good Teammate goes nuts from a combination of PTSD and gangrene and gets himself shot by the cops.

Source: Villainous B.S.O.D.

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