Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of stealing, abducting, or carrying off a human being forcibly.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of kidnap.
- n. law The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
Examples
“Richard Barnes says a thought of a kidnapping is a bunch of foolishness.”
“Another abandoned his presidency as rebels closed in, flown away in an American jet in what he described as a kidnapping.”
“A trial witness has denied defence allegations that what he described as his kidnapping and night-long bashing was actually his own robbery attempt gone wrong.”
“The mystery of the kidnapping is played out well and without words.”
“Then the police are sure to tell daddy that the kidnapping is for real.”
“In 2005, police accused Dr. Renato Brun Del Re, 53, of kidnapping and forcible confinement after he was allegedly involved in kidnapping his daughter in an attempt to deprogram her from what he said at the time was a cult.”
Dominion Christian Centre found Gucci divine, charity watchdog discovers
“According to sources, Smart will testify that Mitchell was motivated primarily by sex and not religion in kidnapping her, and that his behavior was inconsistent with that of a 'prophet,' which he proclaimed himself to be.”
Reader poll: Send Roman Polanski to prison? (Jack Bog's Blog)
“It was UN officials who cooperated with Hizbollah in kidnapping three Israeli soldiers on the Lebanon border by refusing to let Israel view UN films of the kidnapping, which occurred as UN observers stood by and observed.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel
“But kidnapping is already illegal in Arizona, so the purpose of that law must be to attack coyotes who are simply ferrying illegal immigrants in Arizona, and to criminalize charitable “underground railroads” that shelter the immigrants in the state.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigrants and Nazis, Communists and Cardinals
“The crux of an attempted kidnapping is that the person is separating you from the authorities and the crux of an unlawful arrest is that the person is presenting you to them.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kidnapping’.
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US - war on terror
mirandize, heavily-guarded h..., capture, manhunt, shootout, bloodied, suspect, gunshot wound, citywide lockdown, house-by-house se..., intelligence oppo..., naturalized Ameri... and 463 more...
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JURI - crimes and offences
Don't commit any of these if you can
firearms trafficking, serious and organ..., trafficking in hu..., illegal shipment ..., cybercrime, money laundering, sale of counterfe..., sale of dangerous..., smuggling, infraction, corruption, organised crime and 153 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Thievery
synonymous with steal.
pinch, lift, pilfer, appropriate, bilk, abscond, burgle, usurp, purloin, shoplift, bite, five finger discount and 38 more...
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catalysts
catalysts leading to action.
aka the inciting incident, point of attack there's no major rules here, broad umbrella terms or specific works for now.
( randomness, writing )trauma, death, tragedy, embarrassment, epiphany, move, literature, brink, poll numbers, innovation, injustice, another headspace and 44 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Mafiosi
Words and expressions that relate to the Mafia and their activities.
camorra, racketeering, pizzo, la cosa nostra, honoured society, extortion, cupola, 'ndrangheta, kidnapping, trafficking, omerta, fraud and 24 more...
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