2
sponsor(noun, confidence, assurance, security)
1
kidnapped person
1
prisoner of war(noun, expression, idiom, prisoner)
1
victim(noun, met)
1
earnest money(noun, expression, warrant, accreditation, sober-mindedness)
1
replevin
1
replevy
1
sacrificial lamb(noun, expression, warrant, captive, accreditation)
1
scapegoat(noun, informal, met)
1
scrip
1
slave
1
token payment
1
undertaking
1
vadimonium
1
vadium
1
warrantor
0
certainty(noun, confidence, assurance)
0
assurance(noun, confidence, counter)
0
bondman
0
bondsman(noun, confidence, assurance)
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