kidnapping

Plural: kidnappings

Noun

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
• The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Verb

Verb Forms: kidnapping

• The act of abducting a person; present participle of kidnap.
• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
• present participle and gerund of kidnap

Examples

• His strategic KİDNAPPING of the triple word score space led to an insurmountable lead.

Synonyms

abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch

Related Words

abduction

Anagrams of kidnapping