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Kidnapping   /kˈɪdnˌæpɪŋ/   Listen
Kidnapping

noun
1.
(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.  Synonym: snatch.



Kidnap

verb
(past & past part. kidnapped or kidnaped; pres. part. kidnapping or kidnaping)
1.
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.  Synonyms: abduct, nobble, snatch.



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"Kidnapping" Quotes from Famous Books



... the gag had been removed from Hampton's mouth. Long ago, consequently, Hampton had said his say, had made his promises. When he got out of this—glory to be! wouldn't he square the deal, though! Did Lee know what kidnapping was? That there were such things as laws, ...
— Judith of Blue Lake Ranch • Jackson Gregory

... fellow boasts of his fidelity!" he exclaimed, in a repulsively modulated and familiar tone. "What a wealth of tenderness such a kidnapping shows! Possibly you knew his profession, citizeness?—that of salaried spy. Your protector he claims to be? Excellent—when he could not turn a straw in your favour. He has deprived you of your freedom; that was easier in these ...
— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall

... and all, in fact, except stubborn "grandmothers" were presented. (Note that the Duc de Rovigo and the general Savary mentioned many times by Taine is one and the same person. Savary was the general who organized the infamous kidnapping and execution of the Duc d'Enghien. He was later made minister of police (1810-1814) and elevated Duke of Rovigo by ...
— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5 (of 6) - The Modern Regime, Volume 1 (of 2)(Napoleon I.) • Hippolyte A. Taine

... that they frequently passed over to Barbary with stolen children of both sexes, whom they sold to the Moors, who traffic in slaves, whether white or black, even at the present day; and perhaps this kidnapping trade gave occasion to other relations. As they were perfectly acquainted, from their wandering life, with the shores of the Spanish Mediterranean, they must have been of considerable assistance to the Barbary pirates in their marauding trips to the Spanish coasts, both ...
— The Zincali - An Account of the Gypsies of Spain • George Borrow

... before the telegraph-office. Carder left the car, and at the mere temporary relief of him Geraldine's heart lightened. A wild wish swept through her that she knew how to drive and could put on all the power and drive away, even kidnapping the shrunken, beshawled ...
— In Apple-Blossom Time - A Fairy-Tale to Date • Clara Louise Burnham


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