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Meanings of attempted kidnapping in English

Spanish
tentativa de secuestro
Catalan
intent de segrest

Occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a kidnapping and takes a substantial step toward completing it.

tentativa de secuestro
Synonyms
Examples for "kidnapping attempt"
Examples for "kidnapping attempt"
1
His father was killed in a rebel kidnapping attempt in the 1980s.
Reuters
2
I'm beginning to think that the so-called murder was just a botched kidnapping attempt.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
He wasn't positive, but he suspected this was a kidnapping attempt rather than an assassination under way.
Crown of Slaves
4
The FARC, which killed Uribe's father in a 1983 kidnapping attempt, issued no immediate response to the announcement.
Reuters
5
The man's call foiled a kidnapping attempt by a group of Head Hunters, known as the Ghost Unit.
Radio NZ
Usage of attempted kidnapping in English
1
Under a deal with prosecutors, an attempted kidnapping charge was dropped.
Reuters
2
Police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a woman in Nelson last night.
Radio NZ
3
They gave Frank ten years for the escape, and fifteen for the attempted kidnapping.
Labor Day
4
A pedestrian in Ottawa, KZN has emerged unscathed from an attempted kidnapping on Sunday.
The South African
5
They accuse Luke of attempted kidnapping, and ask him what he has to say.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
6
Goldstein and Stimler also were convicted of attempted kidnapping.
Reuters
7
An Ohio man saved an 11-year-old girl from an attempted kidnapping in Golf Manor, Ohio.
Ebony
8
A video that the uploader claimed to be an " attempted kidnapping".
The South African
9
American Samoa's chief immigration officer, Peseta Dennis Lutu, appeared in court last week charged with attempted kidnapping.
Radio NZ
10
Shocked local people said yesterday the attempted kidnapping and murder of Father Halley came as no surprise.
The Irish Times
11
A man has been arrested after an attempted kidnapping and several indecent acts towards children in Hamilton.
Radio NZ
12
Their attempted kidnapping or murder or what ever backfires and ends up as a chain of killings.
Carrion comfort
13
I mean, about the attempted kidnapping.
Dexter by Design
14
Instead of being punished, as we should have been, we were lauded as heroes of an attempted kidnapping.
Out of Doors—California and Oregon
15
The attempted kidnapping came after two men approached and propositioned children in the nearby suburb of Wadestown last month.
Radio NZ
16
If they were using these yahoos, it helps explain why their attempted kidnapping at the hotel went so poorly.
Leviathan Wakes
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United States of America
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