KIDNAPPING


Meaning of KIDNAPPING in English

Crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude, in an attempt to demand a ransom, or in furtherance of another crime.

Most countries consider it a grave offense punishable by a long prison sentence or death.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.