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the price tag on a person, set by people who skipped morality class
royal hostageEngland taxed itself for years to free King Richard I
word origincomes from Latin redemptio, meaning redemption
viking businessDanegeld was protection money paid to stop raids
modern formransomware locks your files until you pay up
insurance existscompanies quietly buy kidnap-and-ransom policies for executives