Word details
볼모
- Pronunciation
- 볼모
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
hostage
A person or thing that one puts in another party's custody as a sign of one's intention to keep a promise.
hostage; pawn
(archaic) A prince or other influential figure forced to stay in another country as a gesture of his/her own country's intention to observe a treaty signed between the two countries.
hostage
(figurative) A person behind another person's strength to make his/her claim in a conflicting relationship.