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kidnap

[ kid-nap ]

verb (used with object)

kidnapped or kidnaped, kidnapping or kidnaping.
  1. to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.

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kidnap

/ ˈɪæ /

verb

  1. tr to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ쾱Բ辱Բ, noun
  • ˈ쾱Բ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • 쾱n· 쾱n· noun
  • 쾱n· 쾱n· noun
  • ܲ·쾱n adjective
  • ܲ·쾱n adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kidnap1

1675–85; kid 1 + nap, variant of nab
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kidnap1

C17: kid 1+ obsolete nap to steal; see nab
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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.

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Two Jesuit priests were kidnapped by the government and tortured for several months in 1976; critics accused Bergoglio of willingly handing the men over.

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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.

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In 1986, he and accomplices kidnapped two North Hollywood men who owed them money and held them for ransom.

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“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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