kidnapping in English

verb

1

take (someone) away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom.

His brother abroad collected a ransom thinking he was kidnapped by petty criminals.

synonyms: abduct, carry off, capture, seize, snatch, take hostage

noun

• snatch

verb

• abduct, carry off, capture, seize, snatch, take hostage
• abduct, nobble, snatch

Use "kidnapping" in a sentence

1. Kidnapping and murder.

2. Parental Kidnapping in America.

3. Kidnapping... robbery, murder, extortion.

4. Abduction and kidnapping defined; punishment

5. He got done for kidnapping.

6. I'm sorry for kidnapping you.

7. Could someone stamp my Frequent Kidnapping Card?

8. Tom swears out a complaint of kidnapping.

9. He faces charges of kidnapping and extortion.

10. Police believe Casey orchestrated the kidnapping.

11. The kidnapping caused an international incident.

12. Zeus then sets up the kidnapping.

13. Have you received any kidnapping threats?

14. The kidnapping occurred in broad daylight.

15. Hung has a hand in kidnapping Wong.

16. 5 Police believe Casey orchestrated the kidnapping.

17. Abduction and kidnapping cases often go hand in hand

18. They are all about kidnapping and about ransom demands.

19. Though, Indian laws prohibit Abduction and kidnapping, since 2005, more than 100,000 kidnapping and Abduction cases have come up in India

20. Three of the men were indicted for kidnapping.

21. 1)Asportation is one of the elements of kidnapping

22. Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping.

23. Kidnapping is a business and a very profitable one.

24. Among the other alternatives kidnapping seemed the most likely.

25. Does it involve carrying a weapon or interstate kidnapping?

26. H., was charged with murder and kidnapping Tuesday morning.

27. More than five years have elapsed since the kidnapping.

28. Some states have eliminated the Asportation element from their kidnapping statutes.

29. Rolfe, of Broxbourne, denies threatening to kill and kidnapping Mrs Armsby,

30. Can this half-assed country not even do kidnapping right?

31. The kidnapping charge was dropped because of lack of evidence.

32. She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.

33. These alleged kidnapping attempts occurred mainly in Europe, Japan or Hong Kong.

34. We need to find Chang before this kidnapping becomes something worse.

35. Kim tells Nina that Rick wasn't really conspirator in the kidnapping.

36. The attack was in reprisal for the kidnapping of their leaders.

37. Exercise increased caution in Bangladesh due to crime, terrorism, and kidnapping

38. She has been accused of being an accomplice in the kidnapping.

39. It is hardly in the same league as murder or kidnapping.

40. TYPICAL USE : Most people abhor the criminal of kidnapping the children.

41. I read their lips and deduced they were kidnapping the courtesan

42. Police are still looking for a smoking gun in the kidnapping case.

43. Beothuk 'genocide' remembered 200 years after kidnapping and murder Back to video

44. 13 The word “ransom” is often used when there is a kidnapping.

45. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.

46. Now he is being tried for kidnapping, wrongful imprisonment and bodily injury.

47. Set in contemporary Dublin, this pacy thriller features kidnapping, mayhem and murder.

48. After five years of separation since her kidnapping as a young girl,

49. There's gotta be something other than being a fisherman and kidnapping people.

50. The events and power struggles which engulf them result in kidnapping, jealousy and romance!