kidnaping for ransom

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• abduct — abduct, kidnap are sometimes employed without distinction as denoting to carry off (a person) surreptitiously for an illegal purpose. In general use kidnap is the more specific term because it connotes seizure and detention for ransom. In law,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• kidnapping — kid·nap·ping or kid·nap·ing n: an act or instance or the crime of seizing, confining, inveigling, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud often with a demand for ransom or in furtherance of another crime Merriam Webster’s… …   Law dictionary

• kidnap — /ˈkɪdnæp / (say kidnap) verb (t) (kidnapped or, US, kidnaped, kidnapping or, US, kidnaping) to steal or abduct (a child or other person); carry off (a person) against their will by unlawful force or by fraud, often with a demand for ransom. {kid1 …  

• kidnap — [kid′nap΄] vt. kidnapped or kidnaped, kidnapping or kidnaping [ KID, n. 5 + dial. nap: see NAB] 1. to steal (a child) 2. to seize and hold or carry off (a person) against that person s will, by force or fraud, often for ransom kidnapper n …   English World dictionary

• Scarecrow (comics) — For the Marvel Comics supervillain, see Scarecrow (Marvel Comics). The Scarecrow The Scarecrow on the cover of Batman #373 (July 1984). Art by Ed Hannigan and Dick Giordano …   Wikipedia

• kidnapping — Crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude, in an attempt to demand a ransom, or in furtherance of another crime. Most countries consider it a grave… …   Universalium

• Red Brigades — This article is about the Italian group. Red Brigade may also refer to the Japanese Red Army/Anti Imperialist International Brigade. The Red Brigades ( Brigate Rosse in Italian, often abbreviated as the BR ) were a communist terrorist group… …   Wikipedia

• kidnap — kid|nap [ˈkıdnæp] v past tense and past participle kidnapped present participle kidnapping also past tense and past participle kidnaped present participle kidnaping AmE [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: kid child + nap to take, seize (17 19 centurie …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• kidnap — kidnappee, kidnapee, n. kidnapper, kidnaper, n. /kid nap/, v.t., kidnapped or kidnaped, kidnapping or kidnaping. to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, esp. for use as a hostage or to extract ransom. [1675 85; KID1 + nap, var. of NAB …   Universalium