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The 13 pages that link to Hostage-taking, each with the reason it gives.

• PiracyRelated: Pirates may use captured crews to demand ransom or other concessions.

• Collective punishmentRelated: Hostages have been used to pressure communities for acts they did not commit.

• RansomNarrower topic: Ransom is one demand that can be made to secure a hostage’s release.

• ChekaRelated: The Cheka used hostage-taking as a coercive tool during the civil war.

• Abu Musab al-ZarqawiRelated: Al-Zarqawi's network used hostage videos and executions to intimidate opponents and attract attention.

• Bank robberyRelated: Some bank robberies use threatened captives to deter resistance or delay police.

• KidnappingCompared with: Hostage-taking is defined by coercion of a third party, while kidnapping can have other purposes.

• Active shooterCompared with: A hostage crisis centers on coercive custody, unlike the active killing described by this term.

• Brian BoruRelated: Hostages helped rulers enforce submission among rival Irish kings.

• Atrocities in the Congo Free StateRelated: Authorities held women and children to force communities to deliver rubber.

• BandenbekämpfungRelated: Occupiers took hostages and threatened reprisals to suppress resistance.

• History of terrorismRelated: Hostage crises made coercion and media attention central features of several modern campaigns.

• Jihadi JohnNarrower topic: The crimes associated with Emwazi formed part of Islamic State’s hostage strategy.