1. hostage - Noun
2. hostage - Verb
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOur bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms. Alain de Botton
It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel. David Antin
Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done. Peter T. King
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune. Arthur Helps
I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career. Benazir Bhutto
Rushdie is a hostage. Don DeLillo