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kidnapping

/ˈkɪd.næp.ɪŋ/

kidnappingnoun

kidnappings

/ˈkɪd.næp.ɪŋ/

Translations

похищение

The police are investigating the kidnapping of the businessman.

Полиция расследует похищение бизнесмена.

Definitions

The unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person by force or fraud.

The police launched a massive search operation following the kidnapping of the young child.

An instance or occurrence of someone being abducted.

The recent kidnapping in the neighborhood has left the community in fear.

Synonyms

kidnappinggerund / present participle

/ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe someone or something that kidnaps or is involved in kidnapping.

Definitions

Engaged in or inclined to abducting someone.

A kidnapping gang was intercepted before they could contact the victim's family.

Synonyms

taking hostage

carrying off

kidnappingadjective

Used attributively to modify a following noun (e.g., 'kidnapping case').

Definitions

Relating to or involving the crime of kidnapping.

The detective specialized in kidnapping investigations.

Synonyms

kidnapverb

kidnapping

Gerund

kidnapped

Past Simple

kidnapped

Past Participle

kidnapping

Gerund

/ˈkɪd.næp/

Translations

похищать

The criminals planned to kidnap the wealthy businessman.

Преступники планировали похитить богатого бизнесмена.

Additional translations

воровать

Definitions

To seize and detain a person unlawfully, often for ransom.

The criminals planned to kidnap the wealthy businessman for a hefty ransom.

Synonyms

take hostage

kidnapnoun

Definitions

The act of unlawfully seizing and carrying away a person by force or fraud.

The kidnap of the wealthy businessman shocked the entire community.

kidnapadjective

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of an act of kidnapping.

The police handled the kidnap case with utmost urgency.