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Definition of kidnap in English: kidnapverbkidnapped, kidnapping, kidnaps, kidnaped, kidnaping ˈkɪdnapˈkɪdˌnæp [with object]Abduct (someone) and hold them captive, typically to obtain a ransom. 诱拐,绑架 militants kidnapped the daughter of a minister Example sentencesExamples - Out of guilt, he kidnaps the baby girl and drops her off at the orphanage.
- Harris didn't understand why she felt this connection with the lunatic who'd kidnaped her, but he understood what she meant.
- What if a radical Italian terrorist group kidnaps her?
- It's no wonder the local Harlem crime lord calls on him when his daughter is kidnapped by the Mafia.
- When a mysterious winged villain kidnaps him, you are naturally concerned.
- That's right; he kidnaps people, clones them, and then plans to release the clones to overrun the world.
- Special refugee camps to prevent children being kidnapped by criminal gangs are to be set up.
- When Winnie meets the Tuck brothers, Miles basically kidnaps her.
- A lorry driver kidnapped by armed robbers and tied up in a warehouse said today he thought he was going to die.
- No, but I've heard of martial artists being kidnapped and made to fight at gunpoint by bikers.
- When Nick finds out that his girl is shacking with Morgan, he flips out and kidnaps her, forcing Morgan into a showdown at the local warehouse.
- He plots with Dirk Hatteraick, the smuggler who kidnapped him as a child, to carry him off again and kill him.
- He kidnaps Rebecca, and tries to make her love him.
- She turned on the TV, and watched as old men discussed the events of the ‘Kidnapper’, a nickname given to a criminal who kidnaps women.
- Hence, he concocts a secondary project to finance the first: namely, kidnaping his wife for a large ransom.
- Then later I was kidnapped by a gang of four blokes whose faces I can still distinctly remember.
- His brother abroad collected a ransom thinking he was kidnapped by petty criminals.
- He kidnaps her, in a surprisingly old-school twist, and takes her to parts unknown.
Synonyms abduct, carry off, capture, seize, snatch, hold to ransom, take as hostage, hijack run off/away with informal nobble, shanghai
noun ˈkɪdnapˈkɪdˌnæp mass nounThe action of kidnapping someone. 诱拐,绑架 they were arrested for robbery and kidnap 他们因抢劫和绑架被捕。 Example sentencesExamples - Many of the accused are alleged to have committed murder, kidnap and torture during the late 1970s.
- The kidnap was carried out without rousing family members or neighbours from sleep.
- Their tactics of kidnap and blackmail shocked the world and I remember the cold shiver the very mention of their name sent down my spine as a child.
- Details were released as detectives confirmed they now believed there was a sexual motive behind Hannah's kidnap and murder.
- Currently families who compel their children to marry can be charged only with offences such as assault or kidnap.
- By accepting the mission, Charles is pitched into a world of kidnap, mystery and murder.
- A man has been taken into custody and has been charged with attempted kidnap.
- At present, those guilty of forcing someone into marriage can be prosecuted for kidnap, false imprisonment or rape.
- Among those victims of kidnap, torture and murder were my own uncle, cousin and brother.
- At the same time, you want us to deal with terror, with murder, with kidnap, with rape.
- Her parents were arrested on suspicion of kidnap and given police bail until last week, when they were ruled out of the investigation.
- Abroad, the risk of kidnap or murder has soared in many places.
- Original charges of indecent assault and kidnap were dropped and Atkinson was found guilty of a lesser charge of false imprisonment.
- Not that resort to violence and kidnap hadn't already undermined their credibility.
- Not a day passes without reports of mugging, murder, dacoity, extortion and kidnap making it to the front page.
- Mason took the phone with him when he went on holiday with Miss Lucas the week after the alleged kidnap.
- So all of our staff, with the exception of kidnap, are on a 45 minute notice to scramble.
- He was given a life term for kidnap and other offences and has been behind bars for seven years.
- The kidnap made front-page news and the conspiracy theories began.
- He pleaded guilty to three robberies, kidnap and one offence of aggravated burglary.
Synonyms kidnapping, kidnap, abduction, hostage-taking
OriginLate 17th century: back-formation from kidnapper, from kid1 + slang nap 'nab, seize'. Definition of kidnap in US English: kidnapverbˈkidˌnapˈkɪdˌnæp [with object]Take (someone) away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom. 诱拐,绑架 Example sentencesExamples - Then later I was kidnapped by a gang of four blokes whose faces I can still distinctly remember.
- His brother abroad collected a ransom thinking he was kidnapped by petty criminals.
- Out of guilt, he kidnaps the baby girl and drops her off at the orphanage.
- When Winnie meets the Tuck brothers, Miles basically kidnaps her.
- A lorry driver kidnapped by armed robbers and tied up in a warehouse said today he thought he was going to die.
- When a mysterious winged villain kidnaps him, you are naturally concerned.
- It's no wonder the local Harlem crime lord calls on him when his daughter is kidnapped by the Mafia.
- He plots with Dirk Hatteraick, the smuggler who kidnapped him as a child, to carry him off again and kill him.
- She turned on the TV, and watched as old men discussed the events of the ‘Kidnapper’, a nickname given to a criminal who kidnaps women.
- What if a radical Italian terrorist group kidnaps her?
- Special refugee camps to prevent children being kidnapped by criminal gangs are to be set up.
- He kidnaps Rebecca, and tries to make her love him.
- Hence, he concocts a secondary project to finance the first: namely, kidnaping his wife for a large ransom.
- When Nick finds out that his girl is shacking with Morgan, he flips out and kidnaps her, forcing Morgan into a showdown at the local warehouse.
- No, but I've heard of martial artists being kidnapped and made to fight at gunpoint by bikers.
- He kidnaps her, in a surprisingly old-school twist, and takes her to parts unknown.
- Harris didn't understand why she felt this connection with the lunatic who'd kidnaped her, but he understood what she meant.
- That's right; he kidnaps people, clones them, and then plans to release the clones to overrun the world.
Synonyms abduct, carry off, capture, seize, snatch, hold to ransom, take as hostage, hijack
nounˈkidˌnapˈkɪdˌnæp The action of kidnapping someone. 诱拐,绑架 they were arrested for robbery and kidnap 他们因抢劫和绑架被捕。 Example sentencesExamples - At present, those guilty of forcing someone into marriage can be prosecuted for kidnap, false imprisonment or rape.
- Mason took the phone with him when he went on holiday with Miss Lucas the week after the alleged kidnap.
- Their tactics of kidnap and blackmail shocked the world and I remember the cold shiver the very mention of their name sent down my spine as a child.
- Abroad, the risk of kidnap or murder has soared in many places.
- He was given a life term for kidnap and other offences and has been behind bars for seven years.
- Currently families who compel their children to marry can be charged only with offences such as assault or kidnap.
- Original charges of indecent assault and kidnap were dropped and Atkinson was found guilty of a lesser charge of false imprisonment.
- Not a day passes without reports of mugging, murder, dacoity, extortion and kidnap making it to the front page.
- Details were released as detectives confirmed they now believed there was a sexual motive behind Hannah's kidnap and murder.
- Among those victims of kidnap, torture and murder were my own uncle, cousin and brother.
- Her parents were arrested on suspicion of kidnap and given police bail until last week, when they were ruled out of the investigation.
- Many of the accused are alleged to have committed murder, kidnap and torture during the late 1970s.
- He pleaded guilty to three robberies, kidnap and one offence of aggravated burglary.
- At the same time, you want us to deal with terror, with murder, with kidnap, with rape.
- The kidnap was carried out without rousing family members or neighbours from sleep.
- By accepting the mission, Charles is pitched into a world of kidnap, mystery and murder.
- The kidnap made front-page news and the conspiracy theories began.
- Not that resort to violence and kidnap hadn't already undermined their credibility.
- So all of our staff, with the exception of kidnap, are on a 45 minute notice to scramble.
- A man has been taken into custody and has been charged with attempted kidnap.
Synonyms kidnapping, kidnap, abduction, hostage-taking
OriginLate 17th century: back-formation from kidnapper, from kid + slang nap ‘nab, seize’. |