kidnap in English: To take someone away by force and keep them, usually to get money. (verb)

Translation

To take someone away by force and keep them, usually to get money.

Word origin

From kid, an old word for a child, and nap, an old word meaning to snatch.

Verb typeregular, doubling the p (kidnap, kidnaps, kidnapped)

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You "kidnap" a person, never a thing.

banker .

The passive "was kidnapped" is very common with this verb.

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People "kidnap someone for money".

crime

Something a person does that is against the law.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

steal

To take something that belongs to another person, without asking and without paying.

take

To get hold of something and carry it, or to move it with you.

prisoner

A person who is kept in a prison, or who is held and cannot go free.

hostage

A person who is kept as a prisoner until other people do what the captors ask.

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