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kidnap
[ kid-nap ]
verb (used with object)
- to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
Synonyms:
kidnap
/ ˈɪæ /
verb
- tr to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom
Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱Բ辱Բ, noun
- ˈ쾱Բ, noun
Other Word Forms
- 쾱n· 쾱n· noun
- 쾱n· 쾱n· noun
- ܲ·쾱n adjective
- ܲ·쾱n adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of kidnap1
Example Sentences
It’s not the movie’s fault that it’s getting released right when Americans are being asked to pay sincere attention to immigrants who are vulnerable to kidnapping and abuse.
Two Jesuit priests were kidnapped by the government and tortured for several months in 1976; critics accused Bergoglio of willingly handing the men over.
He was accused of involvement in the military kidnapping of two priests during Argentina's Dirty War, a period when thousands of people were tortured or killed, or disappeared, from 1976 to 1983.
In 1986, he and accomplices kidnapped two North Hollywood men who owed them money and held them for ransom.
“We can’t stop speaking out until he’s home and this administration stops its horrific practice of kidnapping people without charge or trial,” Clinton wrote.
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