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Noun: kidnaping
Usage: US (=kidnapping)
  1. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
    - kidnapping, snatch
Verb: kidnap (kidnapped,kidnapping, also kidnaped,kidnaping)  kid-nap
  1. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
    "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
    - nobble [Brit], abduct, snatch

Derived forms: kidnapings

See also: kidnapper

Type of: capture, seize, seizure

Encyclopedia: Kidnap

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