Kidnapping
//ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ//
Translations of "kidnapping" (51 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | rrëmbim(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | ἀνδραποδισμός(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), ἀπαγωγή(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | andrapodismós, apagōgḗ | |
| Arabic | اِخْتِطَاف(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | iḵtiṭāf | |
| Armenian | առեւանգում(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | aṙewangum | |
| Belarusian | выкрада́нне(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | vykradánnje | |
| Bulgarian | отвли́чане(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), похище́ние(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | otvlíčane, pohišténie | |
| Catalan | segrest(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 拐騙 /拐骗(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), 綁架 /绑架(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), 綁票 /绑票(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), 誘拐 /诱拐(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | guǎipiàn, bǎngjià, bǎngpiào, yòuguǎi | |
| Czech | únos(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Danish | bortførelse(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), bortførsel(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), kidnapning(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Dutch | gijzeling(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Esperanto | homforkapto(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Estonian | inimrööv(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Finnish | ihmisryöstö(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), sieppaus(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| French | enlèvement(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), kidnapping(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), rapt(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Georgian | მოტაცება(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | moṭaceba | |
| German | Entführung(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), Kidnapping(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), Kinderraub(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), Menschenraub(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Greek | απαγωγή(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | apagogí | |
| Hebrew | חֲטִיפָה(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | ḥatifa | |
| Hindi | अपहरण(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | apahraṇ | |
| Hungarian | emberrablás(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Icelandic | mannrán(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Italian | sequestro(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Japanese | 拉致(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), 誘拐(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | rachi, yūkai | |
| Khmer | មនុស្សគ្រាស(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | mĕəʼnuhsaʼkriəh | |
| Korean | 납치(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), 랍치(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), 유괴(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | napchi, rapchi, yugoe | |
| Lao | ການລັກພາຕົວ(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | kān lak phā tūa | |
| Latin | plagium(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Latvian | nolaupīšana(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Lithuanian | pagrobimas(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Macedonian | киднапи́рање(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | kidnapíranje | |
| Malay | penculikan(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | revandin(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kidnapping(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kidnapping(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Persian | آدمربایی(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | âdam-robâyi | |
| Polish | porwanie(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Portuguese | rapto(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), sequestro(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Romanian | răpire(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Russian | кидне́ппинг(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), киднэ́ппинг(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), похище́ние(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | kidnɛ́pping, kidnɛ́pping, poxiščénije | |
| Serbo-Croatian | òtmica(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), о̀тмица(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Slovak | únos(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Slovene | ugrabitev(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Spanish | secuestro(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Swahili | utekaji nyara(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Swedish | kidnappning(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Thai | การลักพาตัว(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), ลักพาตัว(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | lák-paa-dtuua | |
| Turkish | adam kaçırma(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ви́крадення(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), викрада́ння(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | výkradennja, vykradánnja | |
| Vietnamese | sự bắt cóc(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — | |
| Yoruba | ìjínigbé(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), ìwà gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom), ìwà sùnmọ̀mí(the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) | — |
rrëmbim
segrest
únos
bortførelse, bortførsel, kidnapning
gijzeling
homforkapto
inimrööv
ihmisryöstö, sieppaus
enlèvement, kidnapping, rapt
Entführung, Kidnapping, Kinderraub, Menschenraub
emberrablás
mannrán
sequestro
plagium
nolaupīšana
pagrobimas
penculikan
revandin
kidnapping
kidnapping
porwanie
rapto, sequestro
răpire
òtmica, о̀тмица
únos
ugrabitev
secuestro
utekaji nyara
kidnappning
adam kaçırma
sự bắt cóc
ìjínigbé, ìwà gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ, ìwà sùnmọ̀mí
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.