"kidnapping" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings)
  1. (crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime Derived forms: antikidnapping, catnapping, dognapping, express kidnapping, gnome-napping, slavenapping, tiger kidnapping Related terms: abduction Translations (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom): rrëmbim [masculine] (Albanian), ἀνδραποδισμός (andrapodismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἀπαγωγή (apagōgḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), اِخْتِطَاف (iḵtiṭāf) [masculine] (Arabic), առեւանգում (aṙewangum) (Armenian), выкрада́нне (vykradánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), отвли́чане (otvlíčane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), похище́ние (pohišténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), segrest [masculine] (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), kidnapning [common-gender] (Danish), bortførelse [common-gender] (Danish), bortførsel [common-gender] (Danish), gijzeling [feminine] (Dutch), homforkapto (Esperanto), inimrööv (Estonian), ihmisryöstö (Finnish), sieppaus (Finnish), enlèvement (French), kidnapping (French), მოტაცება (moṭaceba) (Georgian), Entführung [feminine] (German), Menschenraub [masculine] (German), Kinderraub [masculine] (German), Kidnapping [neuter] (German), απαγωγή (apagogí) [feminine] (Greek), חֲטִיפָה (ḥatifa) [feminine] (Hebrew), अपहरण (apahraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), emberrablás (Hungarian), mannrán [neuter] (Icelandic), sequestro [masculine] (Italian), 誘拐 (yūkai) (alt: ゆうかい) (Japanese), 拉致 (rachi) (alt: らち) (Japanese), មនុស្សគ្រាស (mĕəʼnuhsaʼkriəh) (Khmer), 납치 (napchi) (alt: 拉致) (Korean), 랍치 (rapchi) (alt: 拉致) [North-Korea] (Korean), 유괴 (yugoe) (alt: 誘拐) (Korean), ການລັກພາຕົວ (kān lak phā tūa) (Lao), plagium [neuter] (Latin), nolaupīšana [feminine] (Latvian), pagrobimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), киднапи́рање (kidnapíranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), penculikan (Malay), revandin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), kidnapping [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kidnapping [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آدمربایی (âdam-robâyi) (Persian), porwanie [neuter] (Polish), sequestro [masculine] (Portuguese), rapto [masculine] (Portuguese), răpire [feminine] (Romanian), похище́ние (poxiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), киднэ́ппинг (kidnɛ́pping) [masculine] (Russian), кидне́ппинг (kidnɛ́pping) [masculine] (Russian), о̀тмица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), òtmica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), únos [masculine] (Slovak), ugrabitev [feminine] (Slovene), secuestro [masculine] (Spanish), utekaji nyara (Swahili), kidnappning [common-gender] (Swedish), การลักพาตัว (Thai), ลักพาตัว (lák-paa-dtuua) (Thai), adam kaçırma (Turkish), ви́крадення (výkradennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), викрада́ння (vykradánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), sự bắt cóc (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kidnaping [US, uncommon]

Verb

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Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} kidnapping
  1. present participle and gerund of kidnap Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: kidnap
    Sense id: en-kidnapping-en-verb-nkxwOAPU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kidnaping [US, uncommon]

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
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          "word": "segrest"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "綁架"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǎngjià",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "誘拐"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "诱拐"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guǎipiàn",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "拐骗"
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          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "únos"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "homforkapto"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "inimrööv"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "ihmisryöstö"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "sieppaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "enlèvement"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "kidnapping"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moṭaceba",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "მოტაცება"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Entführung"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Menschenraub"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Kinderraub"
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          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apagogí",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "απαγωγή"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "andrapodismós",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀνδραποδισμός"
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        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apagōgḗ",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ἀπαγωγή"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ḥatifa",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "חֲטִיפָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "apahraṇ",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अपहरण"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "emberrablás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mannrán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sequestro"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ゆうかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūkai",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "誘拐"
        },
        {
          "alt": "らち",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rachi",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "拉致"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mĕəʼnuhsaʼkriəh",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "មនុស្សគ្រាស"
        },
        {
          "alt": "拉致",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "napchi",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "납치"
        },
        {
          "alt": "拉致",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rapchi",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "랍치"
        },
        {
          "alt": "誘拐",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yugoe",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "유괴"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "revandin"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kān lak phā tūa",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "ການລັກພາຕົວ"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "plagium"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nolaupīšana"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pagrobimas"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kidnapíranje",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "киднапи́рање"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "penculikan"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "kidnapping"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kidnapping"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âdam-robâyi",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "word": "آدمربایی"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "porwanie"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sequestro"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rapto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "răpire"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poxiščénije",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "похище́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kidnɛ́pping",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "киднэ́ппинг"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kidnɛ́pping",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кидне́ппинг"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "о̀тмица"
        },
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      "word": "киднапи́рање"
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      "word": "penculikan"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ugrabitev"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secuestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "word": "utekaji nyara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kidnappning"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "word": "การลักพาตัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lák-paa-dtuua",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "word": "ลักพาตัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "word": "adam kaçırma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výkradennja",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ви́крадення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykradánnja",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "викрада́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom",
      "word": "sự bắt cóc"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kidnapping"
  ],
  "word": "kidnapping"
}

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