to kidnap
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4.0
- verb
- /ˈkɪdˌnæp/
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- After weeks of planning, the gang executed their plot to kidnap the wealthy businessman's daughter.
- kidnap a child
- kidnap a girl
- kidnap a man
It was that the CIA plotted to kidnap or kill him.
- It was that the CIA plotted to kidnap or kill him.
- He was the guy who also kidnapped Los Gatapitos.
- I'm going to kidnap you, OK?
- Turns out there's monkeys trying to kidnap humans via motorcycle.
- What they're calling and saying is we're seeing migrants kidnap our dogs and cats.
- Is anyone actively trying to kidnap the queen or like killer?
- And the he tried to kidnap our two little children.
- He thought he was going to kidnap him in the in the Golden Lion pub.
- By the way, see, when you get kidnapped, well, were you thinking you were going to die?
- We're talking about thousands of children being kidnapped from their parents and put in jails.
- Someone's been kidnapped on the that's the route one.
Examples
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Some years before, a geologist I knew in Peshawar had been kidnapped there and held for ransom.
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Would these guys have still conspired to kidnap the governor?
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And the he tried to kidnap our two little children.
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More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years.
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Seems the father kidnapped the kid from New Jersey.
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Amy Harris, 17 years old, kidnapped a few hours ago.
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Why were we kidnapped and brought here Mr. Chang?
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He found out where we were, and he tried to kidnap Dominic.
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They hired these people to come in, kidnap her and take her to these ranches.
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In early 1999, Rwandan rebels killed a warden and kidnapped fourteen people from a tourist camp.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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8.0
To take someone away by force or trick to get money
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7.2
To take someone away by force to ask for money
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Kidnap comes from kid meaning 'child' and nap from an old word like nab meaning 'to grab'. So it first meant taking a child by force and now means taking someone illegally, often to ask for money.