kidnap
/ˈkɪdnæp/verb2 syllables
Kidnap means: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
Synonyms for kidnap3
verb, as in take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
What does kidnap mean?1
verb
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take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom“The industrialist's son was kidnapped”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Kidnap in a sentence
- You thought you were going to kidnap the kid, didn't you?ajje
- Sami tried to kidnap a mentally challenged woman.OsoHombre
- A man tried to kidnap her at the train station.Amastan
- Yanni agreed to take part in the kidnap.Amastan
- That man was probably trying to kidnap Yanni.Amastan
- That man was surely going to kidnap Rodrigo.Amastan
- The adoption-industrial complex is lobbying for the right to kidnap, abuse, and exploit trans kids.shekitten
- The leader of the local satanic cult insisted they did not kidnap people, let alone children.rul
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Forms of kidnap
as a verb
- past tense
- kidnapped
- present participle
- kidnapping
- third-person singular
- kidnaps
- past participle
- kidnapped