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How to pronounce kidnap in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abduct, nobble, snatch
Type of seize
Has types impress, shanghai
Derivation kidnaper, kidnapper, kidnapping


The industrialist's son was kidnapped.

Examples of kidnap

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The boy is still considered a missing person, not a kidnap victim, Backman said.
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Earl's brother and his friend will kidnap him to force him to confront his task.
From the time.com
Ryder offered a $200,000 reward for the 12-year-old kidnap victim's safe return.
From the en.wikipedia.org
After the film was released, the IRA were furious and threatened to kidnap Bono.
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Authorities believe the attackers intended to rob and kidnap Gonzalez's spouse.
From the chron.com
A triumphant Nicole taunted EJ with her knowledge that he had Anna kidnap Sydney.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Kenya kidnap attacks by Somali gangsters have left hotels on Lamu island empty.
From the guardian.co.uk
As a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, she helped kidnap Patricia Hearst.
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He was allowed a telephone call to warn his henchmen to leave the kidnap house.
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  • Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
  • (kidnapping) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
  • In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. ...
  • Kidnap is a Bollywood film starring Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan, Minissha Lamba and Vidya Malvade. The film is directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, who earlier directed the hit films Dhoom (2004) and Dhoom 2 (2006).
  • The following is a complete list of episodes for the 1980s television series Dynasty, in broadcast order.
  • (Kidnapped (graphic novel)) Kidnapped, a 2007 graphic novel by Alan Grant (words) and Cam Kennedy (artwork), is adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. It was commissioned as part of the events to celebrate Edinburgh being named the first UNESCO City of Literature.
  • (Kidnapped (Kipling story)) The Kipling story Kidnapped was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on March 21, 1887, in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in subsequent editions of that collection.
  • (Kidnapped (novel)) Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. ...
  • (Kidnapped (series)) Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian author, primarily of novels for children and young adults.http://www.gordonkorman.com He lives in Long Island's Great Neck, New York, with his wife and three children.