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 (zh), 绑架 (zh) (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