Meaning of ખંડણી in English

To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
To plunder; to pillage completely.
To violate; to ravish; to defiour.
To make a thorough search.
The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
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The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
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.
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.
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.
To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
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