To my surprise, the noted psychologist was accused of a kidnapping.
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Kidnapping
//ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ//
Synonyms for "kidnapping" (30 found)
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75 translations across 51 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrëmbim noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀνδραποδισμός noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- ἀπαγωγή noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Arabic
1 entries- اِخْتِطَاف noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Armenian
1 entries- առեւանգում noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Belarusian
1 entries- выкрада́нне noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отвли́чане noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- похище́ние noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Catalan
1 entries- segrest noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 拐騙 /拐骗 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- 綁架 /绑架 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- 綁票 /绑票 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- 誘拐 /诱拐 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Czech
1 entries- únos noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Danish
3 entries- bortførelse noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- bortførsel noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- kidnapning noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Dutch
1 entries- gijzeling noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Esperanto
1 entries- homforkapto noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Estonian
1 entries- inimrööv noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Finnish
2 entries- ihmisryöstö noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- sieppaus noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
French
3 entries- enlèvement noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- kidnapping noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- rapt noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Georgian
1 entries- მოტაცება noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
German
4 entries- Entführung noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- Kidnapping noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- Kinderraub noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- Menschenraub noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Greek
1 entries- απαγωγή noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲטִיפָה noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Hindi
1 entries- अपहरण noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Hungarian
1 entries- emberrablás noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Icelandic
1 entries- mannrán noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Italian
1 entries- sequestro noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Japanese
2 entries- 拉致 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- 誘拐 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Khmer
1 entries- មនុស្សគ្រាស noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Korean
3 entries- 납치 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- 랍치 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- 유괴 noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Lao
1 entries- ການລັກພາຕົວ noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Latin
1 entries- plagium noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Latvian
1 entries- nolaupīšana noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pagrobimas noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Macedonian
1 entries- киднапи́рање noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Malay
1 entries- penculikan noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- revandin noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kidnapping noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kidnapping noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Persian
1 entries- آدمربایی noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Polish
1 entries- porwanie noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Portuguese
2 entries- rapto noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- sequestro noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Romanian
1 entries- răpire noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Russian
3 entries- кидне́ппинг noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- киднэ́ппинг noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- похище́ние noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- òtmica noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- о̀тмица noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Slovak
1 entries- únos noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Slovene
1 entries- ugrabitev noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Spanish
1 entries- secuestro noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Swahili
1 entries- utekaji nyara noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Swedish
1 entries- kidnappning noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Thai
2 entries- การลักพาตัว noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- ลักพาตัว noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Turkish
1 entries- adam kaçırma noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ви́крадення noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- викрада́ння noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự bắt cóc noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Yoruba
3 entries- ìjínigbé noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- ìwà gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
- ìwà sùnmọ̀mí noun (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Sample sentences
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The prosecution condemned the defendant for kidnapping a child.
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Hearing about people kidnapping little children just makes my blood boil.
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He is accused of kidnapping.
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