"kidnap" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪdnæp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kidnaps [plural]
Etymology: From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|kid|nap|t2=to nab; to grab}} kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)
  1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: kidnapper, kidnaper, kidnappee, kidnapee Translations (an instance of kidnapping): отвличане (otvličane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), похищение (pohištenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), segrest (Catalan), rapte (Catalan), 綁架 (Chinese Mandarin), 绑架 (bǎngjià) (Chinese Mandarin), 誘拐 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱拐 (yòuguǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 拐騙 (Chinese Mandarin), 拐骗 (guǎipiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 綁票 (Chinese Mandarin), 绑票 (bǎngpiào) (Chinese Mandarin), únos [masculine] (Czech), ontvoering [feminine] (Dutch), kidnappaus (Finnish), sieppaus (Finnish), enlèvement [masculine] (French), kidnapping [masculine] (French), rapt [masculine] (French), Entführung [feminine] (German), Menschenraub [masculine] (German), Kinderraub [masculine] (German), חטיפה (ḥatifa) (Hebrew), emberrablás (Hungarian), rapto (Ido), penculikan (Indonesian), sequestro (Interlingua), fuadach [masculine] (Irish), sequestro (Italian), rapimento (Italian), 誘拐 (yūkai) (alt: ゆうかい) (Japanese), 拉致 (rachi) (alt: らち) (Japanese), 납치 (napchi) (alt: 拉致) (Korean), nolaupīt (Latvian), porwanie [neuter] (Polish), uprowadzenie [neuter] (Polish), sequestro (Portuguese), похище́ние (poxiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), otmica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), secuestro (Spanish), rapto (Spanish), kidnappning [common-gender] (Swedish), kidnap (Tagalog), dukot (Tagalog), sự bắt cóc (Vietnamese)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɪdnæp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kidnaps [present, singular, third-person], kidnapping [participle, present], kidnaping [participle, present], kidnapped [participle, past], kidnapped [past], kidnaped [participle, past], kidnaped [past]
Etymology: From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|kid|nap|t2=to nab; to grab}} kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=kidnaped|pres_ptc2=kidnaping}} kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or kidnaped)
  1. (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. Tags: transitive Derived forms: dognap, dognapper, dognapping, kidnapped robot problem, tiger kidnap Translations (to seize and detain a person unlawfully): ἀπάγω (apágō) (Ancient Greek), اِخْتَطَفَ (iḵtaṭafa) (Arabic), اختطف (aḵtaṭaf) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), خَطَف (ḵaṭaf) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), առեւանգել (aṙewangel) (Armenian), arachiu (Aromanian), arãchescu (Aromanian), qaçırmaq (Azerbaijani), выкрада́ць (vykradácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вы́красці (výkrasci) [perfective] (Belarusian), похищавам (pohištavam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), отвличам (otvličam) (Bulgarian), ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ (pranpe:hcwai:) (Burmese), segrestar (Catalan), raptar (note: with sexual intent) (Catalan), ڕفاندن (rfandin) (Central Kurdish), 標參 (Chinese Cantonese), 标参 (biu¹ sam¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 綁架 (Chinese Mandarin), 绑架 (bǎngjià) (Chinese Mandarin), 綁票 (Chinese Mandarin), 绑票 (bǎngpiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 拐帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 拐带 (guǎidài) (Chinese Mandarin), denladra (Cornish), unést (Czech), bortføre (Danish), kidnappe (Danish), ontvoeren (Dutch), kidnappen (Dutch), forkapti (Esperanto), röövima (Estonian), kidnapata (Finnish), kaapata (Finnish), siepata (Finnish), enlever (French), kidnapper (French), ravir (French), მოტაცება (moṭaceba) (Georgian), entführen (German), απάγω (apágo) (Greek), חטף (ḥataf) (Hebrew), अपहरण करना (apahraṇ karnā) (Hindi), elrabol (Hungarian), embert rabol (Hungarian), ræna (Icelandic), kidnapar (Ido), raptar (Ido), menculik (Indonesian), sequestrar (Interlingua), rapire (Italian), sequestrare (Italian), 誘拐する (yūkai suru) (alt: ゆうかいする) (Japanese), 攫う (sarau) (alt: さらう) (Japanese), ចាប់ជំរិត (capcumrɨt) (Khmer), 채가다 (chaegada) (Korean), 훔치다 (humchida) (Korean), 납치하다 (napchihada) (Korean), ລັກພາຕົວ (lak phā tūa) (Lao), raptō (Latin), rapiō (Latin), nolaupīšana [feminine] (Latvian), киднапи́ра (kidnapíra) [imperfective, perfective] (Macedonian), ħataf (Maltese), mautāhae (Maori), tipua (Maori), tupua (Maori), enlever (Norman), kidnappe (Norwegian), forstelan (Old English), آدمربای کردن (âdam-robâye kardan) (Persian), porwać (Polish), uprowadzić [perfective] (Polish), uprowadzać [imperfective] (Polish), porywać [imperfective] (Polish), sequestrar (Portuguese), raptar (Portuguese), răpi (Romanian), похища́ть (poxiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), похи́тить (poxítitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), красть (krastʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), укра́сть (ukrástʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выкра́дывать (vykrádyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́красть (výkrastʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ворова́ть (vorovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сворова́ть (svorovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), arpiài (Sardinian), oteti (Serbo-Croatian), uniesť [perfective] (Slovak), secuestrar (Spanish), raptar (note: with sexual connotation) (Spanish), teka nyara (Swahili), kidnappa (Swedish), ลักพาตัว (lák-paa-dtuua) (Thai), ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས (jag khrid byas) (Tibetan), kaçırmak (Turkish), викрада́ти (vykradáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́красти (výkrasty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), bắt cóc (Vietnamese), אַוועקכאַפּן (avekkhapn) (Yiddish)
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Inflected forms

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          "code": "rup",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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        {
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "arãchescu"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "roman": "vykradácʹ",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pranpe:hcwai:",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "segrestar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "note": "with sexual intent",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "raptar"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "標參"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "biu¹ sam¹",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "标参"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "綁架"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǎngjià",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "绑架"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "綁票"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǎngpiào",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "绑票"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "拐帶"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guǎidài",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "拐带"
        },
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          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "denladra"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "unést"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "bortføre"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kidnappe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ontvoeren"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kidnappen"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "forkapti"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "röövima"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kidnapata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kaapata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "siepata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "enlever"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kidnapper"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ravir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moṭaceba",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "მოტაცება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "entführen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apágo",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "απάγω"
        },
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apágō",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ἀπάγω"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ḥataf",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "חטף"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "apahraṇ karnā",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "अपहरण करना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "elrabol"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "embert rabol"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ræna"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kidnapar"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "raptar"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "menculik"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "sequestrar"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "rapire"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "sequestrare"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ゆうかいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūkai suru",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "誘拐する"
        },
        {
          "alt": "さらう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sarau",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "攫う"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "capcumrɨt",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ចាប់ជំរិត"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chaegada",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "채가다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "humchida",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "훔치다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "napchihada",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "납치하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rfandin",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ڕفاندن"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lak phā tūa",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ລັກພາຕົວ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "raptō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "rapiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nolaupīšana"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kidnapíra",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "киднапи́ра"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "ħataf"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "mautāhae"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "tipua"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "tupua"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "enlever"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "kidnappe"
        },
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âdam-robâye kardan",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "آدمربای کردن"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "word": "porywać"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "похища́ть"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "похи́тить"
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          "code": "ru",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "ru",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "sc",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "word": "uniesť"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "lák-paa-dtuua",
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          "code": "bo",
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          "roman": "jag khrid byas",
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          "word": "ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "bắt cóc"
        },
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          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "avekkhapn",
          "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
          "word": "אַוועקכאַפּן"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "id",
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          "alt": "ゆうかい",
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          "alt": "らち",
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          "word": "拉致"
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          "word": "납치"
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
          "word": "nolaupīt"
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          "word": "porwanie"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
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      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "arãchescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "qaçırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vykradácʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выкрада́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výkrasci",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́красці"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pohištavam",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "похищавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvličam",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "отвличам"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pranpe:hcwai:",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "segrestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "note": "with sexual intent",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "raptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "標參"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "biu¹ sam¹",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "标参"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "綁架"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎngjià",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "绑架"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "綁票"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎngpiào",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "绑票"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "拐帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎidài",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "拐带"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "denladra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "unést"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "bortføre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnappe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ontvoeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "forkapti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "röövima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnapata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kaapata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "siepata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "enlever"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnapper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ravir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moṭaceba",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "მოტაცება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "entführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apágo",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "απάγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apágō",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ἀπάγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ḥataf",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "חטף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "apahraṇ karnā",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "अपहरण करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "elrabol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "embert rabol"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ræna"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "raptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "menculik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "sequestrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "rapire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "sequestrare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūkai suru",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "誘拐する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さらう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sarau",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "攫う"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "capcumrɨt",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ចាប់ជំរិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chaegada",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "채가다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "humchida",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "훔치다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "napchihada",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "납치하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "rfandin",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ڕفاندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lak phā tūa",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ລັກພາຕົວ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "raptō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "rapiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nolaupīšana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kidnapíra",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "киднапи́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ħataf"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "mautāhae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "tipua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "tupua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "enlever"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnappe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "forstelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âdam-robâye kardan",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "آدمربای کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "porwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uprowadzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uprowadzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "sequestrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "raptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "răpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "похища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxítitʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "похи́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krastʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "красть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukrástʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "укра́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vykrádyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выкра́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výkrastʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́красть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vorovátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ворова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svorovátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сворова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "arpiài"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "oteti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uniesť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "secuestrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "with sexual connotation",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "raptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "teka nyara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kidnappa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lák-paa-dtuua",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ลักพาตัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "jag khrid byas",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "kaçırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykradáty",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "викрада́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výkrasty",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́красти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "bắt cóc"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avekkhapn",
      "sense": "to seize and detain a person unlawfully",
      "word": "אַוועקכאַפּן"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kidnapping"
  ],
  "word": "kidnap"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kid",
        "3": "nap",
        "t2": "to nab; to grab"
      },
      "expansion": "kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kidnaps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kidnapper"
    },
    {
      "word": "kidnaper"
    },
    {
      "word": "kidnappee"
    },
    {
      "word": "kidnapee"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kidnapping",
          "kidnapping"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪdnæp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-kidnap.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvličane",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отвличане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pohištenie",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "похищение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "segrest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "rapte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "綁架"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎngjià",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "绑架"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "誘拐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòuguǎi",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "诱拐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "拐騙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎipiàn",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "拐骗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "綁票"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎngpiào",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "绑票"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "únos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ontvoering"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "kidnappaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "sieppaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enlèvement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kidnapping"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rapt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entführung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Menschenraub"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kinderraub"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ḥatifa",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "חטיפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "emberrablás"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "rapto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "penculikan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "sequestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "sequestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "rapimento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūkai",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "誘拐"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rachi",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "拉致"
    },
    {
      "alt": "拉致",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "napchi",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "납치"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "nolaupīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porwanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uprowadzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "sequestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxiščénije",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "похище́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "otmica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "secuestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "rapto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kidnappning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "kidnap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "dukot"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an instance of kidnapping",
      "word": "sự bắt cóc"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kidnapping"
  ],
  "word": "kidnap"
}

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