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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

nobble, abduct, snatch

What does kidnap mean?1

verb

1

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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of kidnap

as a verb

past tense
kidnapped
present participle
kidnapping
third-person singular
kidnaps
past participle
kidnapped