Kidnapping

Verb
kidnapping



Noun

 * 1)  The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Thesaurus
abduction, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, capture, catch, catching, collaring, coup, crimping, dragnet, forcible seizure, grab, grabbing, hold, impressment, nabbing, picking up, power grab, prehension, running in, seizure, seizure of power, shanghaiing, snatch, snatching, taking in, taking into custody

Alternative forms

 * kidnaping (US), less common.

Translations

 * Arabic: خطف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 綁架, 绑架, 誘拐, 诱拐, 拐騙, 拐骗, 綁票, 绑票
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, Menschenraub, Kinderraub
 * Hebrew: חטיפה
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 誘拐, 拉致
 * Korean: 납치 (拉致)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, киднэппинг
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kidnappning
 * Turkish: adam kaçırma
 * Vietnamese: bắt cóc
 * Vietnamese: bắt cóc

Noun

 * 1) a kidnapping

Noun

 * 1)  kidnapping

Etymology
kidnapping: