el
masculine
/sekwestɾaˈðoɾ/
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Translation
kidnapper, hijacker
Word origin
From secuestrar ('to kidnap') plus the agent suffix -dor, from Latin sequestrare ('to set aside for safekeeping'), from sequester ('a trustee'). English 'sequester' shares the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sequestrare
- English cognates
- sequester
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsecuestradores
Examples
.
The police arrested the kidnapper that very night.
rehén.
The kidnapper demanded a ransom for the hostage.
huyeron .
The kidnappers fled in a black car.
escondía .
No one knew where the kidnapper was hiding the victim.
arrestado .
The plane's hijacker was arrested on landing.
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