KIDNAP (kidnapped, kidnapping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does kidnap mean?
• KIDNAP (verb)
The verb KIDNAP has 1 sense:
1. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Familiarity information: KIDNAP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KIDNAP (verb)
Meaning:
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch
Context example:
The industrialist's son was kidnapped
Hypernyms (to "kidnap" is one way to...):
seize (take or capture by force)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kidnap"):
impress; shanghai (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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