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surety(confidence, assurance, security, guarantee)
11
bail(confidence, assurance, security, collateral)
10
prisoner(person, con, convict, captive)
9
pledge(confidence, counter, assurance, warrant)
8
captive(prisoner, physically, met, prisoners)
8
earnest(counter, warrant, captive, accreditation)
7
pawn(counter, warrant, collateral, captive)
7
guaranty(confidence, counter, assurance, collateral)
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security(counter, warrant, captive, accreditation)
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warrant(counter, collateral, accreditation, sober-mindedness)
4
gage(counter, warrant, accreditation, sober-mindedness)
4
token(counter, warrant, captive, accreditation)
3
convict(con, prisoners)
3
detainee(tough, con, convict, captive)
2
guarantee(counter, warrant, accreditation, sober-mindedness)
2
guarantor(confidence, assurance)
2
internee(tough, con, convict, captive)
2
recognizance(warrant, accreditation, sober-mindedness)
2
sponsor(confidence, assurance, security)
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prisoner of war(expression, idiom, prisoner)
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