| VERB | contact | kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
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| Sounds | kih'dnae.p | |
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| Rhymes | backslap ... zap: 45 rhymes with aep... | |
| Meaning | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" | |
| Synonyms | nobble, abduct, snatch | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Narrower | shanghai, impress | Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship |
| Broader | seize | Take or capture by force |
| Spanish | abducir, coger, pescar, raptar, secuestrar | |
| Catalan | agafar, prendre, raptar, segrestar | |
| Nouns | kidnapper, kidnaper | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) |
| kidnapping | (law) the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | |
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