Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 79 hostage 76 hostage takers 75 captives 70 kidnappers 66 captors 66 Hostages 62 abductors 60 Hostage 60 kidnapped 56 ransom 55 hostage taker 55 captivity 55 abducted 55 abductees 54 Kidnappers 53 Vagni 53 prisoner swap 51 Somali pirates 50 hostage standoff 50 prisoners 50 gunmen 50 marines 49 kidnap 49 kidnapping 49 freed unharmed 48 POWs 48 FARC rebels 47 hostage Ingrid Betancourt 47 captive 47 militants 47 Georges Malbrunot 47 politician Ingrid Betancourt 47 ransoms 47 Jill Carroll 47 unharmed 47 kidnapper 47 Shalit 46 abduction 46 guerrillas 46 Gilad Shalit 45 commandos 45 Norman Kember 45 commandos stormed 45 FARC 45 kidnappings 45 Ingrid Betancourt 45 Farc 45 freed 45 Kidnapped 44 gunman 44 hostage takings 44 civilians 44 Betancourt 44 pirates 43 prisoner 43 abductee 43 assailants 43 captor 43 bandits 43 PoWs 43 Osthoff 43 abductions 42 rebels 42 masked gunmen 42 commando raid 42 soldiers 42 Hallums 42 FARC guerrillas 42 escapees 42 Schalit 42 Harmeet Singh Sooden 41 bargaining chips 41 AQIM 41 Eldad Regev 41 insurgents 41 Somali coast 41 crewmen 41 noncombatants 41 detainees 41 Al Jazeera television 41 militiamen 41 Cantoni 41 Parad 40 Mwangura 40 Jack Hensley 40 leftist rebels 40 Colombian rebels 40 Ghazni province 40 human shields 40 Colombian guerrillas 40 commandoes 40 Mastrogiacomo 40 Bigley 39 Taliban spokesman Zabihullah 39 rescuers 39 abducting 39 MV Faina 39 Somali pirate 39 Gunmen kidnapped 39 beheaded 39 hijacked