Definition of Kidnapper

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

Exact synonyms: Abductor, Kidnaper, Snatcher
Generic synonyms: Captor, Capturer, Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Specialized synonyms: Crimp, Crimper, Seizer, Shanghaier
Derivative terms: Abduct, Kidnap, Kidnap, Snatch

Definition of Kidnapper

1. Noun. A person who kidnaps someone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kidnapper

1. kidnaper [n -S] - See also: kidnaper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidnapper

kidling
kidlings
kidly
kidnap
kidnaped
kidnapee
kidnapees
kidnaper
kidnapers
kidnaping
kidnapings
kidnappable
kidnapped
kidnappee
kidnappees
kidnapper (current term)
kidnappers
kidnapping
kidnappings
kidnaps
kidney
kidney-shaped
kidney: gallium imaging
kidney: urographic patterns
kidney basin
kidney bean
kidney beans
kidney begonia
kidney calculi
kidney calices

Literary usage of Kidnapper

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

1. The Kidnapped and the Ransomed: Being the Personal Recollections of Peter by Kate E. R. Pickard, William Henry Furness (1856)
"THE kidnapper. LATE in the afternoon of a pleasant summer day, two little boys were playing before the door of their mother's cottage. ..."

2. The History of Maine by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, Edward Henry Elwell (1892)
"... Colony Abandoned — Private Adventures — Infamy of Poutrincourt—The Scenery of Mount Desert — Mon- hegan in its Glory — Harlow the kidnapper — Valor of ..."

3. Plymouth and the pilgrims; or incidents of adventure in the history of the by Joseph Banvard (1851)
"—A kidnapper. — Indians enslaved. — More Visitors.— Squanto's Adventures. — Indian Chiefs. — Visit of Ceremony. — First Treaty. — The Visit returned. ..."

4. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"kidnapper. That's clever; they have no right to make you slaves, I wish all the ... kidnapper. Well, then I'll christen you—you shall be called Major Cudjo ..."

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