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How to pronounce kidnapper in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abductor, kidnaper, snatcher
Type of captor, capturer, criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
Has types crimp, crimper, seizer, shanghaier
Derivation kidnap

Examples of kidnapper

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The wife of a prison warden learns about the ulterior motives of her kidnapper.
From the post-gazette.com
They also relied on Davis, an admitted kidnapper of Jackson, as a star witness.
From the timesunion.com
He claimed that a kidnapper had only that brief opportunity to abduct the girl.
From the ocregister.com
A suburban homemaker receives a letter from her kidnapper, who's on death row.
From the sacbee.com
Todd Hopson does not come across as the sort of person who would hire a kidnapper.
From the theatlantic.com
Her alleged kidnapper and his wife have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts.
From the stltoday.com
The kidnapper never called for the ransom, and Danny Goldman was never seen again.
From the orlandosentinel.com
So, often, the decision to leave a daughter with her kidnapper is an economic one.
From the guardian.co.uk
The kidnapper, Shannon Torrez, was convicted and sent to prison for 30 years.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
  • Plastic Letters is the second studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in February 1978 on Chrysalis Records. It was the second and final Blondie album to be produced by Richard Gottehrer. ...
  • (Kidnappers) 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. ...
  • (The Kidnappers) The Little Kidnappers, billed as The Kidnappers in the UK, is a 1953 British film, directed by Philip Leacock and written by Neil Paterson. It was remade as a TV movie in 1990.
  • A person who kidnaps someone