'Kidnapping' definitions:
Definition of 'kidnapping'
(from WordNet)
noun
(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment [syn: kidnapping, snatch]
Definition of 'Kidnapping'
From: GCIDE
- Kidnap \Kid"nap`\ (k[i^]d"n[a^]p`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnaped (k[i^]d"n[a^]pt`) or 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. [1913 Webster]
- You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. --Whately. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted. Kidnaper
Definition of 'kidnapping'
From: GCIDE
- kidnapping \kidnapping\ n. the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'kidnapping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abduction,
- apprehension,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- capture,
- catch,
- catching,
- collaring,
- coup,
- crimping,
- dragnet,
- forcible seizure,
- grab,
- grabbing,
- hold,
- impressment,
- nabbing,
- picking up,
- power grab,
- prehension,
- running in,
- seizure,
- seizure of power,
- shanghaiing,
- snatch,
- snatching,
- taking in,
- taking into custody