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The hostages are commonly used to help the thief escape by either stopping the police from <a href="/wiki/Gun" title="Gun">shooting</a> them or by freeing a hostage if the police will do something, for example, getting the robbers a <a href="/wiki/Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Car">car</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a>.</li> <li>Hostages may be taken for <a href="/wiki/Politics" title="Politics">political</a> reasons. This is mostly done as a form of <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>. 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