(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
Note: in AM, also use '~ed', '~ing'
1.
To ~ 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 ~ him...
They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to ~ and kill...
The ~ped man was said to have been seized by five people.
VERB: V n, V, V-ed
~per (~pers)
His ~pers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison.
N-COUNT
~ping (~pings)
Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with ~ping.
N-VAR
2.
Kidnap or a ~ is the crime of taking someone away by force.
He was charged with the ~ of a 25 year-old woman.
= abduction
N-VAR