kidnapping

Definition of kidnapping in English English dictionary: Present participle of kidnap; The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom; {i} abduction, act of stealing or taking a child or person by force; The unlawful and carrying away of a human being by force and against his will; (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment; Crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude, in an attempt to demand a ransom, or in furtherance of another crime. Most countries consider it a grave offense punishable by a long prison sentence or death; kidnap kidnapper ç¶æž¶; 1 Unlawful carrying away of a person against his or her will; false imprisonment coupled with removal of the victim to another place Kidnapping was only a misdemeanor in common law, but is a serious felony in the United States
kidnaping: Present participle of kidnap
kidnaping: Alternative spelling of kidnapping
tiger kidnapping: Present participle of tiger kidnap
kidnap: {v} to steal persons, seduce, decoy
Kidnaping: plagiary
kidnap: An instance of kidnapping
kidnap: Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. He was charged with the kidnap of a 25 year-old woman. = abduction. to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them ransom (kid + nap (17-19 centuries))
kidnap: {f} abduct, steal, take away by force (of a child or person)
kidnap: To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place
kidnap: To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom
kidnap: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
kidnap: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped
kidnap: kid·nap kidnaps kidnapping kidnapped in AM, also use kidnaped, kidnaping1. To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government. Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill The kidnapped man was said to have been seized by five people. + kidnapper kidnappers kid·nap·per His kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison. + kidnapping kidnappings kid·nap·ping Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping
kidnaping: {i} abduction, act of stealing or taking a child or person by force
kidnappings: plural of kidnapping