kidnapping

English

Alternative forms

• kidnaping (US), less common.

Verb

kidnapping

1. present participle of kidnap

Noun

kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• antikidnapping
• catnapping
• dognapping

• express kidnapping
• slavenapping
• tiger kidnapping

Translations

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

• Arabic: اِخْتِطَاف m (iḵtiṭāf)
• Armenian: առեւանգում (aṙewangum)
• Catalan: segrest (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: únos (cs) m
• Danish: kidnapning c, bortførelse c, bortførsel c
• Dutch: gijzeling (nl) f
• Esperanto: homforkapto
• Finnish: ihmisryöstö (fi), sieppaus (fi)
• French: enlèvement (fr), kidnapping (fr)
• Georgian: მოტაცება (moṭaceba)
• German: Entführung (de) f, Menschenraub m, Kinderraub m
• Greek: απαγωγή (el) f (apagogí)
• Hebrew: חטיפה f (ḥatifa)
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• 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))
• Latin: plagium n
• Malay: penculikan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kidnapping m or f

  Nynorsk: kidnapping f

• Portuguese: sequestro (pt) m, rapto (pt) m
• Russian: похище́ние (ru) n (poxiščénije), киднэ́ппинг (ru) m (kidnɛ́pping)
• Spanish: secuestro (es) m
• Swedish: kidnappning (sv) c
• Turkish: adam kaçırma
• Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

See also

• abduction

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kid.na.piŋ/

Noun

kidnapping m (plural kidnappings)

1. a kidnapping

Further reading

• “kidnapping”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪdnɑpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

kidnapping f or m (definite singular kidnappinga or kidnappingen, indefinite plural kidnappinger, definite plural kidnappingene)

1. kidnapping

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnapper

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Noun

kidnapping f (definite singular kidnappinga, indefinite plural kidnappingar, definite plural kidnappingane)

1. kidnapping

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnappar

References

• “kidnapping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kidˈnapiŋ]

Noun

kidnapping n (uncountable)

1. (rare) kidnapping

Declension

declension of kidnapping (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) kidnapping	kidnapping-ul
genitive/dative	(unui) kidnapping	kidnapping-ului
vocative	kidnapping-ule

Synonyms

• răpire

References

• kidnapping in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)