Synonyms for Kidnap
ˈkɪd næpkid·nap

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1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatchverb

   take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

   "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

   Synonyms:
   scam, hornswoggle, snatch up, cabbage, filch, con, kidnap, rook, abduct, swindle, bunco, snarf, purloin, pinch, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, mulct, hook, lift, diddle, gip, short-change, snatch, swipe, defraud, pilfer, sneak, snap, abstract

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1. kidnapverb

   Synonyms:
   abduct (any human being), carry off, steal away, run off with

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1. kidnapverb

   Synonyms:
   abduct

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1. List of paraphrases for "kidnap":

   kidnapping, abduction, abduct, kidnapped, kidnaps, abducted, hijack, hijacking, kidnappings, abductions, snatch, remove

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How to use Kidnap in a sentence?

1. Hasan Reza Yousufi:

   The Taliban did not kidnap our Hazara brothers in the past, and we know they also fight this new group, Daish.

2. Miguel Cabrera:

   I am tired of hearing that they are going to kidnap my mother, and I don’t know whether it is a policeman or a bad guy, I don’t know who they are, all I know is if I don’t pay, those people disappear.

3. Governor Whitmer of Michigan:

   You know, the fact that after a plot to kidnap and to kill me, this is what they come out with. They start attacking me, as opposed to what good, decent people would do is to check in and say,' Are you OK ?' -- which is what( Democratic presidential nominee) Joe Biden did.

4. Juan Guaido:

   If the regime dares, of course, to kidnap us, it will be the last mistake they make.

5. Vallejo Police Lt. Kenny Park:

   Ms. Huskins' whereabouts are unknown, and we are treating this matter as a kidnap for ransom, we're worried about Ms. Huskins' welfare. We don't know where she's at. And that's why we're coming to the public asking for their help.