Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of stealing, abducting, or carrying off a human being forcibly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
kidnap . - noun law The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for
ransom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
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Examples
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Richard Barnes says a thought of a kidnapping is a bunch of foolishness.
Man thinks he was kidnapped 50 years ago: UPDATED admin 2009
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Richard Barnes says a thought of a kidnapping is a bunch of foolishness.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Another abandoned his presidency as rebels closed in, flown away in an American jet in what he described as a kidnapping.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Another abandoned his presidency as rebels closed in, flown away in an American jet in what he described as a kidnapping.
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Another abandoned his presidency as rebels closed in, flown away in an American jet in what he described as a kidnapping.
The Seattle Times 2011
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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.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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Then the police are sure to tell daddy that the kidnapping is for real.
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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 2009
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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) 2009
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The mystery of the kidnapping is played out well and without words.
Movie Review: The Triplets of Belleville « Colleen Anderson 2009
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