kidnap

Definition of kidnap in English English dictionary: To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom; An instance of kidnapping; {v} to steal persons, seduce, decoy; Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. He was charged with the kidnap of a 25 year-old woman. = abduction. to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them ransom (kid + nap (17-19 centuries)); {f} abduct, steal, take away by force (of a child or person); To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place; take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"; take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped; kid·nap kidnaps kidnapping kidnapped in AM, also use kidnaped, kidnaping1. To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government. Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill The kidnapped man was said to have been seized by five people. + kidnapper kidnappers kid·nap·per His kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison. + kidnapping kidnappings kid·nap·ping Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping
kidnaped: Simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
kidnaped: Alternative spelling of kidnapped
kidnaping: Present participle of kidnap
kidnaping: Alternative spelling of kidnapping
kidnapped: Simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
kidnapping: Present participle of kidnap
tiger kidnap: Such an abduction or hostage-taking
tiger kidnap: To abduct someone, or to hold someone hostage, in order to persuade someone else to assist in a crime
kidnapper: {n} a person who steals persons
Kidnaping: plagiary
Kidnapped: an adventure story by Robert Louis Stevenson about a young man called David Balfour who is kidnapped, but escapes. He and his friend Alan Breck see a man being killed, and people think that they did it, so they run away and travel across the Highlands of Scotland (1886)
Kidnapped: shanghaied
kidnaped: (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother"
kidnaped: {s} stolen, abducted, taken away against one's will (of a child or person)
kidnaping: {i} abduction, act of stealing or taking a child or person by force
kidnapped: subjected to kidnapping
kidnapped: (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother
kidnapped: {s} stolen, abducted, taken away against one's will (of a child or person)
kidnapper: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
kidnapper: A person who kidnaps someone
kidnapper: One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer
kidnapper: {i} abductor, one who kidnaps
kidnappers: plural of kidnapper
kidnapping: {i} abduction, act of stealing or taking a child or person by force
kidnapping: The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom
kidnapping: The unlawful and carrying away of a human being by force and against his will
kidnapping: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
kidnapping: Crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude, in an attempt to demand a ransom, or in furtherance of another crime. Most countries consider it a grave offense punishable by a long prison sentence or death
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kidnapping: 1 Unlawful carrying away of a person against his or her will; false imprisonment coupled with removal of the victim to another place Kidnapping was only a misdemeanor in common law, but is a serious felony in the United States
kidnaps: third-person singular of kidnap

kidnap

Hyphenation

kid·nap

Turkish pronunciation

kîdnäp

Synonyms

body snatch, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with

Pronunciation

/ˈkədˌnap/ /ˈkɪdˌnæp/

Etymology

() From kid (“child”) + nap (“nab, grab”)

Tenses

kidnaps, kidnapping, kidnapped

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