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Kidnapping - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Kidnapping : (noun)
1: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a
person against their will and holding them in false
imprisonment [syn: snatch]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Kidnap \Kid"nap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnapedor Kidnapped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child _
Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.]
To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will,
with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
proselytes of them. --Whately.
Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now
extended in application to any human being,
involuntarily abducted.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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KIDNAPPING. The forcible and unlawful abduction and conveying away of a man,
woman, or child, from his or her home, without his or her will or consent,
and sending such person away, with an intent to deprive him or her of some
right. This is an offence at common law.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Kidnapping |
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