Definition of Kidnapping

Noun: kidnapping  'kid,na-ping

1. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
   - snatch, kidnaping [US]

Verb: kidnap (kidnapped,kidnapping, also kidnaped,kidnaping)  'kid,nap

1. (crime) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
   "The industrialist's son was kidnapped";
   - nobble [Brit], abduct, snatch

See also:
kidnappers
kidnaps

Anagrams containing the word kidnapping

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