Kidnap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.
  • n. An instance of kidnapping.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To steal, abduct, or carry off forcibly (a human being, whether man, woman, or child). In law it sometimes implies a carrying beyond the jurisdiction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
  • Verb Form
    kidnaped    kidnaping    kidnapped    kidnapping    kidnaps   
    Variant
    kidnapped    kidnapping   
    Form
    kidnaped    kidnapped    kidnaping    kidnapping   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abduct   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arson    abduction    robbery    rape    blackmail    sabotage    bribery    homicide    felony    sodomy