kidnap
to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
Origin of kidnap
1Other words for kidnap
Other words from kidnap
- kid·nap·pee, kid·nap·ee, noun
- kid·nap·per, kid·nap·er, noun
- un·kid·naped, adjective
- un·kid·napped, adjective
Words that may be confused with kidnap
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How to use kidnap in a sentence
So, it is disequilibrium behavior — as long as everyone pays, there is no need to kidnap anybody.
When Your Safety Becomes My Danger (Ep. 432) | Stephen J. Dubner | September 24, 2020 | FreakonomicsFace recognition, used with careful limitations, could help identify children who’ve been kidnapped or trafficked.
Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence | Karen Hao | September 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewCut through zip tiesImagine you’ve been kidnapped and bound with zip ties!
This essential survival tool can save your life 10 different ways | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDays later, seven-year-old Fátima Aldrighett – kidnapped while waiting for her mother to pick her up from school – was found naked in a plastic bag.
Concerned she’d been kidnapped, people across Mexico mobilized to find her.
As long as there are states willing to negotiate payments with groups like ISIS, there will be a financial incentive to kidnap.
To Kill the ISIS Monster You Gotta Do More Than Cut Off Its Money | Charlie Winter | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis matters for trafficking because it costs a lot to kidnap someone and hold her against her will.
This man was taken from Libya and it is not legal to kidnap people from Libya.
Libya Eyes Funding Al-Liby Defense In Terrorism Trial | Jamie Dettmer | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a result, Bo sent several hundred armed police to surround the U.S. Consulate, attempting to kidnap Wang.
China’s Corruption Purge Continues Against Zhou Yongkang | Wenguang Huang, Pin Ho | September 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe CIA, he says, could “render” (i.e., kidnap) him at any time, which is highly unlikely but not symptomatic of the paranoid.
Edward Snowden, We Love You: Why We Should Resist the Hero Worship | Michael Moynihan | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMost exquisite Chiffinch, thou art turned micher as well as padder—Canst both rob a man and kidnap him!
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottAs the sergeant departed he warned Mr. Traill, laughingly, that he meant to kidnap Bobby the very first chance he got.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonTwo gentlemen of this city were eminently, but secretly, active in their attempt to kidnap their victim.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerMr. Traill fixed an accusing eye on the soldier, remembering suddenly his laughing threat to kidnap Bobby.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonThe Federal Judges sought to kidnap the citizens of Boston and to punish all such as opposed man-stealing.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore Parker
British Dictionary definitions for kidnap
/ (ˈkɪdnæp) /
(tr) to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom
Origin of kidnap
1Derived forms of kidnap
- kidnapper or US kidnaper, noun
- kidnapping or US kidnaping, noun
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