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Meanings of kidnap in English

Portuguese
raptar
Catalan
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Spanish
raptar

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.

raptar
Synonyms
Examples for "snatch"
Examples for "snatch"
1
Paula was absolutely right: Valean could not be allowed to snatch Laril.
The evolutionary void
2
They may well have been trying to snatch a vehicle, he said.
Reuters
3
I could see him beginning to snatch up all the available rationalizations.
Ghost Story
4
That's why you have the power to snatch me away from Earth.
The Naked God
5
I thought for sure she would snatch the bird from the air.
Promise of the wolves: a novel
1
Rights groups accuse him of using armed squads to abduct suspected separatists.
Reuters
2
Why should his late majesty abduct the daughter of the grand duke?
The Goose Girl
3
And I never did abduct and sell into slavery any negro persons!
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
4
The intention had been only to abduct him from Turkey, the sources said.
Radio NZ
5
But you were right this morning, when you said you'd been abducted.
Zoya
1
With a little luck he hopes to nobble a few more this afternoon.
The Soul of the War
2
We were going well and if you wanted to nobble someone who would you nobble?
The Guardian
3
Which means I nobble him absolutely as soon as I can, first thing in the morning.
The Atrocity Archives
4
Both Professor Littlewood and Mr Riley agreed that greater transparency will nobble New Zealand's growing foreign trust industry.
Radio NZ
5
Attempts had been made to "nobble" a referee.
The Irish Times
Usage of kidnap in English
1
The FARC holds hundreds of kidnap victims for ransom and political leverage.
Reuters
2
The police said that whoever had done this would kidnap another victim.
Haunted: a novel of stories
3
People are going hungry and those with money feel threatened by kidnap.
Reuters
4
They were able to kidnap one Frenchman, Amin told The Associated Press.
The Irish Times
5
How about answering my first question -why would anyone kidnap you?
The Sword of Shannara
6
He was cleared, however, of possessing the weapon with intent to kidnap.
The Irish Times
7
The three accused planned to kidnap the President and her entire family.
The Irish Times
8
On Monday Sudan arrested three Sudanese suspected of helping to kidnap Lefevre.
Reuters
9
Then I'd slip downstairs, kidnap one of the besiegers and question him.
The Great Book of Amber
10
But then, kidnap attempts can have that sort of effect on people.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
11
The idea was to kidnap his children and force a prisoner exchange.
News.com.au
12
Carl wants to know why Jerry would want to kidnap his wife.
The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
13
I was participating in a crime and kidnap robbery with my father.
Wired
14
As abhorrent as his actions were, kidnap was another order of magnitude.
The skein of lament
15
He wanted to kidnap Pluto and the boy, I understand very well.
Grand junction
16
Attempts to kidnap Americans would not be limited to core al Qaeda.
Reuters
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Kidnap through the time
Kidnap across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common