1. kidnapping - noun
· (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
Synonym(s): snatch
2. kidnap - verb
· take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Synonym(s): nobble, abduct, snatch
Hypernym(s): seize
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