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kidnap

kid·nap
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kid-nap]
    • /ˈkɪd næp/
    • /ˈkɪd.næp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kid-nap]
    • /ˈkɪd næp/

Definitions of kidnap word

  • verb with object kidnap to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom. 1
  • noun kidnap Take (someone) away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom. 1
  • transitive verb kidnap abduct 1
  • abbreviation KIDNAP kidnapping 1
  • verb kidnap 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. 0
  • variable noun kidnap Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. 0

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Origin of kidnap

First appearance:

before 1675
One of the 48% oldest English words
1675-85; kid1 + nap, variant of nab

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Parts of speech for Kidnap

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

kidnap popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

kidnap usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for kidnap

verb kidnap

  • capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • hijack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
  • snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
  • steal — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
  • seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.

Antonyms for kidnap

verb kidnap

  • liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • release — to lease again.
  • disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.

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