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Definition of Kidnaper

1. Noun. Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).

Definition of Kidnaper

1. n. One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

Definition of Kidnaper

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of kidnapper) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kidnaper

1. one that kidnaps [n -S] - See also: kidnaps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidnaper

Literary usage of Kidnaper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Criminal Classes: Causes and Cures by Daniel Right Miller (1903)
"A kidnaper. THE illustration of a kidnaper represents the countenance of a woman who, in mad frenzy, "Sullenly fierce—a mixture dire. ..."

2. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1884)
"Theodore had denied Christian burial to the kidnaper, and prohibited the sale of children by their parents after the age of seven. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"The rich occupants dare not dwell a night iu their walle«! and barred inclosures without guards of many men, for the kidnaper is abroad, and they are too ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"The trespass of a kidnaper, unauthorized by either of the governments, and not professing to act under authority of either, is not a case provided for in ..."

5. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1875)
"< of Pennsylvania made a requisition on the governor of Maryland for the kidnaper. The latter, however, escaped a trial through the false testimony of a ..."

6. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"... to Mexico one Felix, the kidnaper, the United States was under no obligation to comply with the demand of Mexico for the surrender of Martinez as well. ..."

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