en otage

hostage

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phrase Rare #25,239
hostage Used in expressions like "take someone hostage" or "be taken hostage."
FR: Ils ont pris les touristes en otage.
EN: They took the tourists hostage.

On le retient en otage?

Are they holding him hostage?

— Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Poutine a pris toute une péninsule en otage.

Putin has taken an entire peninsula hostage.

On faisait des terroristes qui prennent en otage un avion.

We were making terrorists who take an airplane hostage.

— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)

Ils ont pris ce moulin- en otage.

They took that mill hostage.

— Séquences et conséquences (2000)

Hau retient la femme de Sam en otage.

Hau is holding Sam's wife hostage.

— Infernal Affairs (2002)

Ils le gardent en otage.

They are holding him hostage.

— Séquences et conséquences (2000)

Tu me prendrais en otage.

You would take me hostage.

— Taxi (1998)

Le capitaine Wu est pris en otage.

Captain Wu is taken hostage.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Ne tirez pas, le fils du commandant est pris en otage.

Don't shoot; the commander's son is being held hostage.

— Assassination (2015)

Tom a été pris en otage.

Tom was taken hostage.

Un homme m'a prise en otage.

A man took me hostage.

— Bullet Train (2022)

Il a pris un flic en otage.

He took a cop hostage.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Un cinglé qui tient tout un diner en otage, ça donne des flics tendus.

A lunatic holding an entire diner hostage makes for tense cops.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)