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Definition of Kidnap
1. Verb. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Seize
Specialized synonyms: Impress, Shanghai
Derivative terms: Abduction, Abductor, Kidnaper, Kidnapper, Kidnapping, Snatch, Snatcher
Definition of Kidnap
1. v. t. To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.
Definition of Kidnap
1. Verb. (transitive) To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom. ¹
2. Noun. An instance of kidnapping. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kidnap
1. to take a person by force and often for ransom [v -NAPED, -NAPING, -NAPS or -NAPPED, -NAPPING, -NAPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidnap
Literary usage of Kidnap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1875)
"IT HAVE a memorial, Mr. President, from Frank B. JL Sanborn, of Concord,
Massachusetts, setting forth a gross attempt to kidnap, by men pretending to act in ..."
2. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden (1904)
"ATTEMPT TO kidnap GOVERNOR CLINTON. The Governor Exchanges Compliments with
General Schuyler on the Latest Design of the Enemy. ..."
3. Slavery in South Carolina and the Ex-slaves, Or, The Port Royal Mission by Austa Malinda French (1862)
"Then, they are free, and must remain so, unless this government can kidnap, which
cannot, of course, be thought of. Our Government will not defile itself ..."
4. The True Story of the Chevalier D'Eon: His Experiences and His Metamorphoses by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1895)
"... but warns D'Eon—A Plot to kidnap the Chevalier—His Stronghold in Brewer
Street—He is forbidden the English Court and declared Guilty of Treason—His ..."
5. The True Story of the Chevalier D'Eon: His Experiences and His Metamorphoses by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1895)
"A Demand for the Chevalier's Extradition—The King confides in Guerchy, but warns
D'Eon—A Plot to kidnap the Chevalier—His Stronghold in Brewer Street—He is ..."
6. History of Greenfield: Shire Town of Franklin County, Massachusetts by Francis McGee Thompson, Lucy Cutler Kellogg (1904)
"A most dastardly attempt was made to kidnap General Asa Howland, of Conway.
He had come to Greenfield to sit as magistrate in the trial of cases brought for ..."
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