Ransom n. : The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.

Ransom n. : The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.

Ransom n. : A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.

Ransom n. : To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.

Ransom n. : To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

Example:
How can I make letters like they are cut out from a newspaper like in a Ransom note on a computer?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
Ransom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In Europe during the Middle Ages, ransom became an important custom of chivalric warfare. ... In typography, and later in computing lore, the ransom note effect occurs when a document uses too many fonts. ...