Kidnap
//ˈkɪdnæp//
Translations of "kidnap" (65 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἀπάγω(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | apágō | |
| Arabic | اختطف(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), اِخْتَطَفَ(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), خَطَف(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | aḵtaṭaf, iḵtaṭafa, ḵaṭaf | |
| Armenian | առեւանգել(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | aṙewangel | |
| Aromanian | arachiu(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), arãchescu(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | qaçırmaq(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Belarusian | вы́красці(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), выкрада́ць(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | výkrasci, vykradácʹ | |
| Bulgarian | отвличане(an instance of kidnapping), похищение(an instance of kidnapping), отвличам(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), похищавам(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | otvličane, pohištenie, otvličam, pohištavam | |
| Burmese | ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | pranpe:hcwai: | |
| Catalan | rapte(an instance of kidnapping), segrest(an instance of kidnapping), raptar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), segrestar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | ڕفاندن(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | rfandin | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 標參 /标参(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | biu¹ sam¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 拐騙 /拐骗(an instance of kidnapping), 綁架 /绑架(an instance of kidnapping), 綁票 /绑票(an instance of kidnapping), 誘拐 /诱拐(an instance of kidnapping), 拐帶 /拐带(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), 綁架 /绑架(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), 綁票 /绑票(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | guǎipiàn, bǎngjià, bǎngpiào, yòuguǎi, guǎidài, bǎngjià, bǎngpiào | |
| Cornish | denladra(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Czech | únos(an instance of kidnapping), unést(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Danish | bortføre(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), kidnappe(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Dutch | ontvoering(an instance of kidnapping), kidnappen(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), ontvoeren(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Esperanto | forkapti(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Estonian | röövima(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Finnish | kidnappaus(an instance of kidnapping), sieppaus(an instance of kidnapping), kaapata(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), kidnapata(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), siepata(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| French | enlèvement(an instance of kidnapping), kidnapping(an instance of kidnapping), rapt(an instance of kidnapping), enlever(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), kidnapper(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), ravir(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Georgian | მოტაცება(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | moṭaceba | |
| German | Entführung(an instance of kidnapping), Kinderraub(an instance of kidnapping), Menschenraub(an instance of kidnapping), entführen(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Greek | απάγω(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | apágo | |
| Hebrew | חטיפה(an instance of kidnapping), חטף(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | ḥatifa, ḥataf | |
| Hindi | अपहरण(an instance of kidnapping), अपहरण करना(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | apahraṇ, apahraṇ karnā | |
| Hungarian | emberrablás(an instance of kidnapping), elrabol(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), embert rabol(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Icelandic | ræna(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Ido | rapto(an instance of kidnapping), kidnapar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), raptar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Indonesian | penculikan(an instance of kidnapping), menculik(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Interlingua | sequestro(an instance of kidnapping), sequestrar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Irish | fuadach(an instance of kidnapping) | — | |
| Italian | rapimento(an instance of kidnapping), sequestro(an instance of kidnapping), rapire(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), sequestrare(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Japanese | 拉致(an instance of kidnapping), 誘拐(an instance of kidnapping), 拉致る(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), 攫う(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), 誘拐する(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | rachi, yūkai, sarau, yūkai suru | |
| Khiamniungan Naga | thōhlǖkhúa(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Khmer | ចាប់ជំរិត(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | capcumrɨt | |
| Korean | 납치(an instance of kidnapping), 납치하다(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), 채가다(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), 훔치다(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | napchi, napchihada, chaegada, humchida | |
| Lao | ລັກພາຕົວ(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | lak phā tūa | |
| Latin | rapiō(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), raptō(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Latvian | nolaupīt(an instance of kidnapping), nolaupīšana(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Macedonian | киднапи́ра(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | kidnapíra | |
| Maltese | ħataf(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Māori | mautāhae(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), tipua(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), tupua(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Norman | enlever(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Norwegian | kidnappe(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Old English | forstelan(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Persian | آدمربای کردن(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | âdam-robâye kardan | |
| Polish | porwanie(an instance of kidnapping), uprowadzenie(an instance of kidnapping), porwać(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), porywać(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), uprowadzać(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), uprowadzić(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Portuguese | sequestro(an instance of kidnapping), raptar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), sequestrar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Romanian | răpi(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Russian | похище́ние(an instance of kidnapping), ворова́ть(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), вы́красть(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), выкра́дывать(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), красть(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), похи́тить(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), похища́ть(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), сворова́ть(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), укра́сть(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | poxiščénije, vorovátʹ, výkrastʹ, vykrádyvatʹ, krastʹ, poxítitʹ, poxiščátʹ, svorovátʹ, ukrástʹ | |
| Sardinian | arpiài(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | otmica(an instance of kidnapping), oteti(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Slovak | uniesť(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Spanish | rapto(an instance of kidnapping), secuestro(an instance of kidnapping), raptar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), secuestrar(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Swahili | teka nyara(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Swedish | kidnappning(an instance of kidnapping), kidnappa(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Tagalog | dukot(an instance of kidnapping), kidnap(an instance of kidnapping) | — | |
| Tamil | கடத்து(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | kaṭattu | |
| Thai | ลักพาตัว(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | lák-paa-dtuua | |
| Tibetan | ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | jag khrid byas | |
| Turkish | kaçırmak(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ви́красти(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), викрада́ти(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | výkrasty, vykradáty | |
| Vietnamese | sự bắt cóc(an instance of kidnapping), bắt cóc(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — | |
| Yiddish | אַוועקכאַפּן(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | avekkhapn | |
| Yoruba | jígbé(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), jímọ(to seize and detain a person unlawfully), jínigbé(to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | — |
arachiu, arãchescu
qaçırmaq
rapte, segrest, raptar, segrestar
拐騙 /拐骗, 綁架 /绑架, 綁票 /绑票, 誘拐 /诱拐, 拐帶 /拐带, 綁架 /绑架, 綁票 /绑票
guǎipiàn, bǎngjià, bǎngpiào, yòuguǎi, guǎidài, bǎngjià, bǎngpiào
denladra
únos, unést
bortføre, kidnappe
ontvoering, kidnappen, ontvoeren
forkapti
röövima
kidnappaus, sieppaus, kaapata, kidnapata, siepata
enlèvement, kidnapping, rapt, enlever, kidnapper, ravir
Entführung, Kinderraub, Menschenraub, entführen
emberrablás, elrabol, embert rabol
ræna
rapto, kidnapar, raptar
penculikan, menculik
sequestro, sequestrar
fuadach
rapimento, sequestro, rapire, sequestrare
thōhlǖkhúa
rapiō, raptō
nolaupīt, nolaupīšana
ħataf
mautāhae, tipua, tupua
enlever
kidnappe
forstelan
porwanie, uprowadzenie, porwać, porywać, uprowadzać, uprowadzić
sequestro, raptar, sequestrar
răpi
похище́ние, ворова́ть, вы́красть, выкра́дывать, красть, похи́тить, похища́ть, сворова́ть, укра́сть
poxiščénije, vorovátʹ, výkrastʹ, vykrádyvatʹ, krastʹ, poxítitʹ, poxiščátʹ, svorovátʹ, ukrástʹ
arpiài
otmica, oteti
uniesť
rapto, secuestro, raptar, secuestrar
teka nyara
kidnappning, kidnappa
dukot, kidnap
kaçırmak
sự bắt cóc, bắt cóc
jígbé, jímọ, jínigbé
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.