Sentence examples for using ransom from inspiring English sources

The front has been fighting for a separate Islamic state for decades, while the Abu Sayyaf, military officials say, has increasingly degenerated into kidnapping, extortion and banditry, using ransom payments to finance its operations.

Al-Qaeda and its affiliates are well known for using ransom money to fuel terrorism.

While militants are often the culprits, using ransoms to help finance the insurgency, criminal gangs are also often responsible.

The rebels use ransom money to finance their four-decade guerrilla war.

Girardi's plan to use Ransom and demote the power hitter Shelley Duncan fizzled in the fourth, when Danks struck out Ransom with two out and two on.

The commander of the Kenyan raid on Kismayo told me that the pirates use ransom money to pay al-Shabab for a license to operate.

But what happens when a business set up to deal with criminal gangs finds itself in a world in which proscribed jihadi groups use ransom money to fund terrorist operations?

Extremist groups in the region frequently use ransom as a major source of income.

Both use ransoms to finance their war efforts.

He said militant groups like Islamic State (IS), which is holding a Briton hostage, use ransom money for weapons, kidnappings and plots around the world.

The gallery, at the time, strenuously denied that the money had been used for ransom.