|
|
1. (v.t.) kidnap
to carry off (a person) by force or fraud, esp. for use as a hostage or to extract ransom; abduct.
Etymology: (1675–85; kid1+nap, var. of nab)
|
| Definition of 'kidnap' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (verb) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
|
|
|
1. (verb) kidnap
to take sb prisoner, especially in order to demand money, a prisoner's release, etc.
He had been kidnapped by extremists.
|
| Definition of 'kidnap' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (verb) kidnap
to take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place
|
|
|
Sense: to carry off (a person) by force, often demanding money in exchange for his safe return
He is very wealthy and lives in fear of his children being kidnapped.
|
 Afrikaans: ontvoer |
 Arabic: يَخْطُف، يَخْتَطِف |
 Bulgarian: отвличам |
 Brazilian: raptar |
 Czech: unést |
 German: entführen |
 Danish: kidnappe |
 Greek: απάγω |
 Spanish: secuestrar, raptar |
 Estonian: inimest röövima |
 Farsi: آدم ربایی کردن |
 Finnish: kidnapata |
 French: kidnapper |
 Hebrew: לַחטוֹף |
 Hindi: अपहरण करना |
 Croatian: oteti |
 Hungarian: elrabol |
 Indonesian: menculik |
 Icelandic: ræna |
 Italian: rapire, sequestrare |
 Japanese: 誘かいする |
 Korean: 유괴하다 |
 Lithuanian: pagrobti |
 Latvian: nolaupīt (bērnu); ar varu |
 Malay: diculik |
 Dutch: ontvoeren |
 Norwegian: kidnappe, bortføre |
 Polish: porwać |
 Persian: ،اختطاف آدم ربایی کردن |
 Pashto: اختطاف،انسان تښتونه |
 Portuguese: raptar |
 Romanian: a kidnapa, a răpi |
 Russian: похищать (людей) |
 Slovak: uniesť |
 Slovenian: ugrabiti |
 Serbian: kidnapovati |
 Swedish: kidnappa |
 Thai: ลักพาตัวเพื่อเรียกค่าไถ่ |
 Turkish: (adam) kaçırmak |
 Taiwanese: 綁架 |
 Ukrainian: викрадати |
 Urdu: اغوا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: bắt cóc |
 Chinese: 绑架 |
Get even more translations for kidnap...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'kidnap' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of kidnap 
