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Synonyms for kidnap
ˈkɪd næpkid·nap

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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, 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 Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. kidnapverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. kidnapverb

    Synonyms:
    abduct

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How to use kidnap in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. The ACLU:

    We cannot allow racist and armed vigilantes to kidnap and detain people seeking asylum, we urge you to immediately investigate this atrocious and unlawful conduct.

  3. Gretchen Whitmer:

    You know, it's incredibly disturbing that the President of the United States, 10 days after a plot to kidnap, put me on trial and execute me, 10 days after that was uncovered, The President is at it again and inspiring and incentivizing and inciting this kind of domestic terrorism.

  4. Richard Trask:

    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.

  5. Anne Milgram:

    Death and destruction are central to their criminal operation, to dominate the federal supply chain, the Chapitos kill, kidnap and torture anyone who gets in the way.


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