kidnapping

English

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Alternative forms

• kidnaping (US), less common.

Verb

kidnapping

1. Present participle of kidnap.

Noun

kidnapping (plural kidnappings)

1. (law) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Translations

the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom

• Arabic: خطف (ar) (khaTf) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綁架 (cmn), 绑架 (cmn) (bǎngjià), 誘拐 (cmn), 诱拐 (cmn) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙 (cmn), 拐骗 (cmn) (guǎipiàn), 綁票 (cmn), 绑票 (cmn) (bǎngpiào)

• Czech: únos (cs) m
• Dutch: gijzeling (nl) f
• Finnish: kidnappaus (fi), sieppaus (fi), ihmisryöstö (fi)
• French: enlèvement (fr), kidnapping (fr)
• German: Entführung (de) f, Menschenraub (de) m, Kinderraub (de) m
• Hebrew: חטיפה (he) (ḥatifa) f
• Hungarian: emberrablás (hu)
• Italian: sequestro (it) m

• Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai), 拉致 (ja) (らち, rachi)
• Korean: 납치 (ko) (napchi) (拉致 (ko))
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kidnapping (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: kidnapping (nn) f

• Portuguese: sequestro (pt) m, rapto (pt) m
• Russian: похищение (ru) (poxiščénije) n, киднэппинг (ru) (kidnépping) m
• Spanish: secuestro (es) m
• Swedish: kidnappning c
• Turkish: adam kaçırma (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

See also

• abduction

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English kidnapping

Noun

kidnapping m (plural kidnappings)

1. a kidnapping

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Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowing from English kidnapping

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɪdnɑpɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /kIdnApIN/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

kidnapping

1. kidnapping

Inflection

    Inflection of kidnapping

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål f	kidnapping	kidnappinga	kidnappinger	kidnappingene
Bokmål m	kidnapping	kidnappingen	kidnappinger	kidnappingene
Nynorsk f	kidnapping	kidnappinga [kidnappingi]	kidnappingar	kidnappingane

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Romanian

Etymology

English kidnapping

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kidˈnapiŋ]

Noun

kidnapping n

1. (rare, Americanism) kidnapping

Declension

    declension of kidnapping

gender n	uncountable
Nominative/Accusative (Unarticulated)	kidnapping
Nominative/Accusative (Definite articulation)	kidnappingul
Genitive/Dative (Definite articulation)	kidnappingului

Synonyms

• răpire

References

• Archeus.ro, Resurse lingvistice pentru limba română