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kidnap

[ kid-nap ]

verb (used with object)

kidnapped or kidnaped, kidnapping or kidnaping.
  1. to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.

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kidnap

/ ˈ°ìɪ»å²Ôæ±è /

verb

  1. tr to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ì¾±»å²Ô²¹±è±è¾±²Ô²µ, noun
  • ˈ°ì¾±»å²Ô²¹±è±è±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ì¾±»ån²¹±è·±è±ð±ð °ì¾±»ån²¹±è·±ð±ð noun
  • °ì¾±»ån²¹±è·±è±ð°ù °ì¾±»ån²¹±è·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ì¾±»ån²¹±è±ð»å adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ì¾±»ån²¹±è±è±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kidnap1

1675–85; kid 1 + nap, variant of nab
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kidnap1

C17: kid 1+ obsolete nap to steal; see nab
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Considering that students are being kidnapped, you can't exactly blame them.

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And thousands have taken to the streets to protest the unlawful kidnapping of student activist Mahmoud Khalil by America's Gestapo, ICE.

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Speaking to supervisors Tuesday, Barnes criticized the so-called sanctuary law, and offered examples of immigrants who were arrested in Orange County, released and re-arrested for other crimes, including kidnapping, narcotics sales and child abuse.

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Authorities have accused Henley of kidnapping and fatally shooting Williams in the face and leaving his body in the Las Vegas desert in 2021.

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The 27-year-old, who once lived at the residence and had a protection from abuse order to stay away from the property, was booked into jail on requested charges of aggravated kidnapping, among other crimes.

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