What does kidnapping mean?
Definitions for kidnapping
kid·nap·ping
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Princeton's WordNet
kidnapping, snatchnoun
(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
Wiktionary
kidnappingnoun
The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
Wikipedia
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful confinement of a person against their will, often including transportation/asportation. The asportation and abduction element is typically but not necessarily conducted by means of force or fear: the perpetrator may use a weapon to force the victim into a vehicle, but it is still kidnapping if the victim is enticed to enter the vehicle willingly (e.g. in the belief that it is a taxicab). Kidnapping may be done to demand for ransom in exchange for releasing the victim, or for other illegal purposes. Kidnapping can be accompanied by bodily injury which elevates the crime to aggravated kidnapping.Kidnapping of a child is known as child abduction, which is a separate legal category.
ChatGPT
kidnapping
Kidnapping is the unlawful act of forcibly or secretly capturing, confining, transporting or detaining a person against their will, often with the intention of obtaining a ransom, exerting influence for political, personal or financial gain, or for other illicit purposes. This is considered a serious criminal offense that is punishable by law.
Webster Dictionary
Kidnapping
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Wikidata
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. This may be done for ransom or in furtherance of another crime, or in connection with a child custody dispute. When it is done with legal authority, it is often called arrest or imprisonment. In some countries such as the United States a large number of child abductions arise after separation or divorce when one parent wishes to keep a child against the will of the other or against a court order. In these cases, some jurisdictions do not consider it kidnapping if the child, being competent, agrees.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kidnapping in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kidnapping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of kidnapping in a Sentence
Cal State San Bernardino had a couple incidents recently, including an attempted kidnapping.
This kidnapping confirms the fragile security situation in which the various humanitarian organizations work and whose victims are the local population, i call for the liberation of these humanitarian workers.
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni:
It's very difficult after just a few hours to understand the nature of this kidnapping, who is responsible for it.
What was being done to Kurds in Syria and Iraq, the attacks and the massacres, the kidnapping of women as slaves, repulsed him, no mother wants her son to go to his death, but I could not have stopped him.
Show of hands -- how many feds in the crowd ? I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some sort of, you know, federal kidnapping plot, you know, Gretchen Whitmer knew about it months in advance. But you know what, if we can get good PR from it, we can pretend like it's real.
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- خطفArabic
- segrestCatalan, Valencian
- únosCzech
- Menschenraub, Kinderraub, EntführungGerman
- απαγωγήGreek
- secuestroSpanish
- sieppaus, ihmisryöstö, kidnappausFinnish
- kidnapping, enlèvementFrench
- חטיפהHebrew
- emberrablásHungarian
- sequestro, rapimentoItalian
- 誘拐, 拉致Japanese
- მოტაცებაGeorgian
- 납치, 拉致Korean
- penculikanMalay
- kidnappingNorwegian
- gijzelingDutch
- kidnappingNorwegian Nynorsk
- kidnappingNorwegian
- sequestro, raptoPortuguese
- киднэппинг, похищениеRussian
- kidnappningSwedish
- adam kaçırmaTurkish
- bắt cócVietnamese
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