Kidnapping

English

Verb

kidnapping

1. Present participle of kidnap.

Noun

Kidnapping (plural Kidnappings)

1. (law) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Thesaurus

abduction, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, capture, catch, catching, collaring, coup, crimping, dragnet, forcible seizure, grab, grabbing, hold, impressment, nabbing, picking up, power grab, prehension, running in, seizure, seizure of power, shanghaiing, snatch, snatching, taking in, taking into custody

Alternative forms

• kidnaping (US), less common.

Translations

the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom

Arabic: خطف (ar) (khaTf) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 綁架 (zh), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 誘拐 (cmn), 诱拐 (cmn) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙 (cmn), 拐骗 (cmn) (guǎipiàn), 綁票 (cmn), 绑票 (cmn) (bǎngpiào) Czech: únos (cs) m. Dutch: gijzeling (nl) f. Finnish: kidnappaus (fi), sieppaus (fi), ihmisryöstö (fi) French: enlèvement (fr), kidnapping (fr) German: Entführung (de) f., Menschenraub (de) m., Kinderraub (de) m. Hebrew: חטיפה (he) (ḥatifa) f. Hungarian: emberrablás (hu)

Italian: sequestro (it) m. Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai), 拉致 (ja) (らち, rachi) Korean: 납치 (ko) (napchi) (拉致 (ko)) Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: sequestro (pt) m., rapto (pt) m. Russian: похищение (ru) (poxiščénije) n., киднэппинг (ru) (kidnépping) m. Spanish: secuestro (es) m. Swedish: kidnappning c. Turkish: adam kaçırma (tr) Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

See also

• abduction

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French

Noun

Kidnapping m. (plural Kidnappings)

1. a kidnapping

Etymology

Borrowing from English kidnapping

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Romanian

Noun

Kidnapping n.

1. (rare, Americanism) kidnapping

Declension

    declension of Kidnapping</small>

gender n.	uncountable
Nominative/Accusative (Unarticulated)	Kidnapping
Nominative/Accusative (Definite articulation)	kidnappingul
Genitive/Dative (Definite articulation)	kidnappingului

Etymology

English kidnapping

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kidˈnapiŋ]

Synonyms

• răpire

References

• Archeus.ro, Resurse lingvistice pentru limba română