kidnap

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kid·nap /ˈkɪdnæp/ verb (kidnapped, kidnapping also kidnaped, kidnaping American English) [transitive] SCCTAKE/BRINGto take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them 绑架；劫持 → ransom Police appealed for witnesses after a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint. 一名妇女遭到持枪绑架，警方呼吁目击者挺身而出。 —kidnapper noun [countable] the hunt for the kidnapper 对绑架者的追捕 —kidnapping (also kidnap) noun [countable, uncountable] a series of kidnappings 一连串绑架事件→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

kidnap• A spokesman for the parallel government said that the two men had been kidnapped.• Terrorists have kidnapped a French officer and are demanding $400,000 from the French government.• Ten tourists were kidnapped by militants in a remote southern area.• He was kidnapped by vigilantes in El Centro, beaten and robbed, and then set on fire.• The encounter ends with Robert incompetently kidnapping Celine.• Everyone assumed that it was the kidnapped child, and the remains were hastily cremated.• Hedayat Eslaminia was kidnapped from his Belmont apartment on July 30,1984.• If you can, kidnap him!• Then we get back to the taxi, and there you are waving your weaponry, and kidnapping us.Origin kidnap (1600-1700) kid “child” + nap “to take, seize” ((17-19 centuries))

kid·nap verbChineseSyllable

somewhere in someone illegally force, take often Corpus to by

kidnap
kid‧nap /ˈkɪdnæp/

verb (past tense and past participle kidnapped, present participle kidnapping, also kidnaped, kidnaping American English) [transitive]

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: kid 'child' + nap 'to take, seize' (17-19 centuries)

to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them ⇨ ransom: