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hostage diplomacy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
hostage diplo-ma-cy
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Diplomatic relations, by detention of foreigners to affect other goals, such as using arrests to influence the implementation of amenable foreign political decisions, or prisoner swaps.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

commodity diplomacy gunboat diplomacy panda diplomacy ping-pong diplomacy

Frequently Paired Words

commodity diplomacy diplomacy gunboat diplomacy hostage panda diplomacy ping-pong diplomacy

Questions

What does hostage diplomacy mean?
Diplomatic relations, by detention of foreigners to affect other goals, such as using arrests to influence the implementation of amenable foreign political decisions, or prisoner swaps.

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