ひとじち
Meanings
Noun
1. Geisel (im rechtsgeschichtlichen Sinn wie im modernen Sinn zur Durchsetzung einer Forderung)
2. Geiselnahme
Pitch accent
とじち
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
hostage justice; practice of keeping a suspect in police custody in an attempt to force a confession
Examples (5 in total)
The hostages will be released.
The terrorists released the hostages.
Sooner or later, the hostages will be set free.
He tried to be brave while he was being held hostage.
I thought Tom and Mary were going to use me as a hostage.