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How to pronounce kidnapping in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms snatch
Type of capture, seizure
Derivation kidnap

Examples of kidnapping

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Hoffman, 31, and a convicted arsonist ,was arrested and charged with kidnapping.
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Salinas is being held in Lubbock County Jail on an aggravated kidnapping charge.
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Nowak, 43, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping and burglary with assault.
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Bundy was convicted of attempted kidnapping and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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George Silah is accused of kidnapping his sons Alexander, now 14, and Zaven, 11.
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He also is charged with kidnapping and wearing a mask while committing a felony.
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Edwards and Sleight were charged with felony kidnapping and misdemeanor battery.
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Agents like Gus risk arrest for kidnapping or related charges if they're caught.
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The other charges include assault, adultery, kidnapping and obstructing justice.
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More examples
  • 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.