kidnap
verb (used with object)
to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
are kidnaping
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present progressiveof kidnap.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If a girl happens to bring in two perfectly bandittish outlaws that imagine they are kidnaping her, why must she be lectured, pray tell?
From Skyrider by Anton Otto Fischer
