Geiselhaft
“Geiselhaft” is a German word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
From Geisel (“hostage”) + Haft (“captivity”). The latter word retains its broader sense here, having otherwise become widely restricted to “legal arrest, imprisonment”.
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