to kidnap for ransom

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• Kidnap and ransom insurance — or K R Insurance is designed to protect individuals and corporations operating in high risk areas around the world, such as Colombia and Peru [ [http://www.insurenewmedia.com/pages/kidnap ransom extortion insurance.asp Kidnap and Ransom Insurance …   Wikipedia

• Held for Ransom — Infobox Film name = Held for Ransom caption = DVD cover for Held for Ransom director = Lee Stanley producer = Randall Emmett George Furla writer = Lois Duncan Lee Stanley narrator = starring = Dennis Hopper Zachary Ty Bryan music = cinematography …   Wikipedia

• World for Ransom — Infobox Film | name =World for Ransom caption =World for Ransom movie poster director = Robert Aldrich (uncredited) producer = Bernard Tabakin Robert Aldrich writer =Lindsay Hardy starring =Dan Duryea Gene Lockhart music = Frank De Vol… …   Wikipedia

• hold for ransom — index kidnap Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• kidnap — kid·nap / kid ˌnap/ vt kid·napped or kid·naped / ˌnapt/, kid·nap·ping, or, kid·nap·ing, / ˌna piŋ/ [probably back formation from kidnapper, from kid child + obsolete napper thief]: to seize and confine or carry away by force or fraud and often… …   Law dictionary

• kidnap — [v] abduct; hold for ransom body snatch*, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with*, pirate, remove, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai*, skyjack,… …   New thesaurus

• 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

• kidnap — 01. A local father who was angry after losing custody of his children following his divorce has [kidnapped] the two children, and fled the country. 02. A rich businessman was [kidnapped] at gunpoint by four masked men. 03. The [kidnapping] of… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Ransom (1996 film) — Infobox Film name = Ransom caption = Ransom Theatrical Poster director = Ron Howard producer = Brian Grazer Kip Hagopian Scott Rudin writer = Story: Cyril Hume Richard Maibaum Screenplay: Richard Price Alexander Ignon starring = Mel Gibson Rene… …   Wikipedia

• ransom — noun VERB + RANSOM ▪ hold sb for, hold sb to, kidnap sb for ▪ She was kidnapped and held for ransom. ▪ The company refused to be held to ransom by the union. (figurative) ▪ …   Collocations 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 …