<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.</li><li>Archaic: a security or pledge.</li><li>Obsolete: the condition of a hostage.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to give (someone) as a hostage:<ul><li>He was hostaged to the Indians.</li></ul></li></ul>