Kidnapping (root: kidnap)

POS

Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

kid=nap=ping

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Kidnapping has 1 sense

kidnapping(n = noun.act) snatch - (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment; Array

is a kind of capture, seizure

Derived form verb kidnap₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Kidnapping, n.

the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment. [WordNet 1.5]

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THESAURUS

Kidnapping

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

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