kidnappee

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A person who is taken by force and kept against their will

noun
/ˌkɪd.næˈpi/

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: secuestrado

In this case, the kidnappee happens to be my goddaughter.

Examples

The family of the kidnappee is anxiously waiting for news of their loved one.
The police were relieved to find the kidnappee unharmed after the tense negotiation.
Authorities launched a manhunt to rescue the kidnappee from the abandoned warehouse.

Synonyms

hostage

vskidnappee

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Someone others hold to force someone else to do something

is held against their will without necessarily being used as security for demands

captive

vskidnappee

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Kept as a prisoner and not free

is specifically someone taken and held against their will rather than any confinement

abductee

vskidnappee

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A person who someone takes by force or trick against their will

is focused on the ongoing state of being held rather than the taking event

How Confined

prisoner

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kidnappee

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captive

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hostage

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Surface Forms

kidnappee singular

kidnappees plural

Morphology

kidnappee = kidnap (transparent) = kidnap + ee

Formed by the verb 'kidnap' + the patient/recipient suffix '-ee'; the meaning 'person who has been kidnapped' is directly deducible.

Etymology

Kidnappee comes from kidnap plus the ending -ee, the same ending in employee and interviewee, which shows the person who 'has something done to them'. So a kidnappee is the person who has been kidnapped and kept against their will.