take somebody hostage

In the States you're always talking about hostages being taken.

The group is not known to have taken hostages in the past.

She wouldn't have any reason to fear being taken hostage as well.

But America doesn't have to let itself be taken hostage.

All but 2 of the 11 died after being taken hostage.

Now they would have to take hostages in order to save themselves.

They take hostages, but not everybody who happened to be there at the time.

The attack left at least 58 people dead, after more than 100 had been taken hostage.

"Just as I had little choice about being taken hostage?"

"We do not even know if she was taken hostage."