Kidnapping Definition

kidnappings
noun
kidnappings
The felony of abducting an individual by force.
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(law) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

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verb

Present participle of kidnap.

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Noun

Singular:
kidnapping
Plural:
kidnappings

Kidnapping Sentence Examples

  • Our major success was our first kidnapping for ransom.

  • We can't go back to the kidnapping or the recovery.

  • It was now more than seventy-two hours after the kidnapping.

  • The use of this writ in most if not all criminal cases was forbidden in 1553; but it was used in the 17th century in a case of kidnapping (Designy's case, 1682), and against Lord Grey for abducting his wife's sister (1682), and in the earl of Banbury's case to recover his wife (1704).

  • Kidnapping, involuntary resurrection—these were not the foundations on which trust was built!

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KKIKID

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GNGING

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