kidnap
/ˈkɪd·næp/ v [T] (-pp-, -p-)Definition
› to illegally take a person away by force, usually in order to demand money in exchange for that person’s release: The wife of a prominent businessman was kidnapped today. kidnapper (also kidnaper) /ˈkɪd·næp·ər/ n [C] › In the note, the kidnapper instructed the parents of the kidnapped girl to put $10,000 cash in a diaper bag.
(Definition of kidnap v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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