What are some alternative words for kidnap?
Synonyms for kidnap
ˈkɪd næp
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Princeton's WordNet
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch(verb)
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, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
kidnap(v. a.)
Synonyms:
abduct (any human being), carry off, steal away, run off with
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
kidnap(v)
Synonyms:
abduct
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "kidnap":
kidnapping, abduction, abduct, kidnapped, kidnaps, abducted, hijack, hijacking, kidnappings, abductions, snatch, remove
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1475 | abstract | |
#1651 | remove | |
#2529 | con | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5613 | hook | |
#7321 | snap | |
#11065 | scam | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#16414 | cabbage | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#20111 | kidnapped | |
#23488 | kidnapping | |
#23786 | abduction | |
#28563 | hijack | |
#29140 | abducted | |
#35780 | rook | |
#36629 | hijacking | |
#37632 | kidnap | |
#38462 | swipe | |
#42454 | gip | |
#49972 | defraud | |
#57125 | abductions | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#65942 | kidnappings | |
#72473 | diddle | |
#87124 | abduct | |
#96993 | snarf | |
#113613 | kidnaps | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#164852 | victimize | |
#176519 | filch | |
#199693 | pilfer |
How to use kidnap in a sentence?
They are not a government, they kidnap girls from schools.
They discussed possible targets, taking a sitting governor, specifically governors of Michigan and Virginia, over shut down orders, the understanding at the time was to potentially kidnap a sitting governor and remove them from office.
We are allowed to disagree, but we should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm, and this goes for all people regardless of politics. Some have chosen to push hate and vandalism against the restaurant that I was asked to leave from. A Hollywood actor publicly encouraged people to kidnap my children.
If the regime dares, of course, to kidnap us, it will be the last mistake they make.
In 2014, impunity in journalism murder cases reached a staggering 96 percent and the remaining 4 percent obtained only partial justice, we have become targets. Insurgent groups no longer use reporters to transmit news, but instead kidnap them to make news. They treat us as enemy combatants and spies. This is our everyday reality.
Translations for kidnap
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- خطف, خَطَفَArabic
- выкрада́ць, вы́красціBelarusian
- похищавамBulgarian
- raptar, segrest, segrestar, rapteCatalan, Valencian
- únos, unéstCzech
- Menschenraub, Kinderraub, entführen, EntführungGerman
- απάγωGreek
- secuestro, rapto, raptar, secuestrarSpanish
- kidnappaus, kidnapata, sieppaus, kaapata, siepataFinnish
- ravir, enlèvement, kidnapper, kidnappingFrench
- חטיפה, חטףHebrew
- अपहरण करनाHindi
- elrabol, embert rabol, emberrablásHungarian
- sequestrar, sequestroInterlingua
- rapire, sequestrare, sequestro, rapimentoItalian
- 誘拐, 拉致, 攫うJapanese
- 채가다, 훔치다, 납치, 拉致Korean
- ڕفاندنKurdish
- mautāhaeMāori
- ħatafMaltese
- ontvoeren, kidnappenDutch
- kidnappeNorwegian
- porwaćPolish
- sequestro, sequestrarPortuguese
- укра́сть, ворова́ть, красть, сворова́ть, похищение, выкра́дывать, похища́ть, вы́красть, похи́титьRussian
- arpiàiSardinian
- otmica, otetiSerbo-Croatian
- uniesťSlovak
- kidnappning, kidnappaSwedish
- teka nyaraSwahili
- kaçırmakTurkish
- викрада́ти, ви́крастиUkrainian
- bắt cócVietnamese
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