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kidnapping

noun

1 kidnapping

law The unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.

synonym: snatch.

Dutch: gijzeling, gijzelingsactie, ontvoering
Polish: porwanie, uprowadzenie


Moby thesaurus: abduction, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, capture, catch, catching, collaring, coup, crimping, dragnet, forcible seizure, grab, grabbing, hold, impressment, nabbing, picking up, power grab, prehension ... show more.

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kidnap

verb

1 kidnap

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom:
— The industrialist's son was kidnapped.

synonyms: abduct, nobble, snatch.

Roget 545: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, ... show more

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

Roget 791: steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; ... show more

Dutch: kidnappen, ontvoeren


Moby thesaurus: abduce, abduct, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, crimp, decoy, entice, hold for ransom, impress, inveigh, lure, make off with, return, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai, skyjack ... show more.

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