[
  {
    "word": "hostage",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8h\u0252st\u026ad\u0292/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8h\u0252st\u026ad\u0292/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8h\u0251st\u026ad\u0292/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hostage-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780153",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(possibly nonstandard) To give (someone or something) as a hostage to (someone or something else).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(possibly nonstandard) To hold (someone or something) hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hostage"
    ]
  }
]