All kidnap synonyms

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.
• skyjack — to hijack (an airliner), especially in order to hold the passengers and plane for ransom or for political reasons.
• lure — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
• coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
• seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
• decoy — If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
• shanghai — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
• impress — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• inveigh — to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
• waylay — to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• pirate — software pirate
• carry away — to remove forcefully
• carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
• lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
• spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
• abduct — If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
• entice — Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.