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Kidnapping

//ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of kidnap form-of, gerund, participle, present

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