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kidnap

2 syllables · also kidnapped, kidnapping
verbnoun
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As a verb, kidnap means seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them. As a noun, it means the crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

Meanings of kidnap

3 meanings

verb

  1. To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.

  2. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

    “The industrialist's son was kidnapped”

    Similar: nobble, abduct, snatch

noun

  1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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verb: take away to an undisclosed location against their will a…
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