transcription, транскрипция: [ kɪdnæp ]
( kidnaps, kidnapping, kidnapped)
Note: in AM, also use 'kidnaped', 'kidnaping'
1.
To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government.
Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him...
They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill...
The kidnapped man was said to have been seized by five people.
VERB : V n , V , V-ed
• kid‧nap‧per
(kidnappers)
His kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison.
N-COUNT
• kid‧nap‧ping
(kidnappings)
Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping.
N-VAR
2.
Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force.
He was charged with the kidnap of a 25 year-old woman.
= abduction
N-VAR