Asportation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person. countable, uncountable
"Kidnapping usually includes the seizing, confining, and carrying away (asportation) of another by force, threat, or deception, and without consent."
Example
More examples"Kidnapping usually includes the seizing, confining, and carrying away (asportation) of another by force, threat, or deception, and without consent."
Etymology
From Latin asportatio.