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Synonyms for kidnapping
kid·nap·ping
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Princeton's WordNet
Dictionary of English Synonymes
kidnappingnoun
Synonyms:
man-stealing, abduction
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
kidnappingnoun
Synonyms:
abduction
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "kidnapping":
abduction, kidnap, kidnapped, abductions, hijacking, abducted, removal, sequestration, hijack, abducting, kidnappings, snatch, abduct
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#982 | bit | |
#1381 | pussy | |
#2902 | removal | |
#3635 | catch | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7552 | grab | |
#9201 | cunt | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#20111 | kidnapped | |
#21399 | slit | |
#23416 | twat | |
#23488 | kidnapping | |
#23786 | abduction | |
#28563 | hijack | |
#29140 | abducted | |
#36629 | hijacking | |
#37070 | sequestration | |
#37632 | kidnap | |
#37883 | puss | |
#57125 | abductions | |
#65942 | kidnappings | |
#87124 | abduct | |
#137521 | abducting |
How to use kidnapping in a sentence?
The kidnapping of the Qatari hunters dealt a painful blow to the reputation of all the southern areas of Iraq, we are a tribal community and Gulf hunters are our guests. After the abduction, not a single hunter from the Gulf is coming to Iraq anymore, fearing from being kidnapped. It will take a long time to repair the damage and convince Gulf hunters to resume their Iraq trips.
Those families who run away from Benghazi, their sons were from terrorist groups, their sons carried out acts of kidnapping, killing, assassination, explosions, and destroyed families.
Vitaly Shishov was under surveillance. There were appropriate notifications to the police about the facts. Also we were repeatedly warned by local sources and by our own people in Belarus about all kinds of provocations up to kidnapping and liquidation, vitaly Shishov treated these warnings with stoicism and humor, stating that at least in this way, it would be possible for BDU to get out of the info vacuum.
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni:
It's very difficult after just a few hours to understand the nature of this kidnapping, who is responsible for it.
They weren’t planning to ransom me, they weren’t going to keep me, they were planning to assassinate me. And the plot has been covered as a kidnapping plot, there was one person who showed up on, you know, on a Supreme Court justice’s lawn and turned himself in, and it was covered as an assassination attempt. And so I think that when you look at the facts of both of those, and you see how differently they’re covered, I do, you know, have concern about the language that we use, especially when women are a target as opposed to men.
Translations for kidnapping
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- خطفArabic
- segrestCatalan, Valencian
- únosCzech
- Menschenraub, Kinderraub, EntführungGerman
- απαγωγήGreek
- secuestroSpanish
- sieppaus, ihmisryöstö, kidnappausFinnish
- kidnapping, enlèvementFrench
- חטיפהHebrew
- emberrablásHungarian
- sequestro, rapimentoItalian
- 誘拐, 拉致Japanese
- მოტაცებაGeorgian
- 납치, 拉致Korean
- penculikanMalay
- kidnappingNorwegian
- gijzelingDutch
- kidnappingNorwegian Nynorsk
- kidnappingNorwegian
- sequestro, raptoPortuguese
- киднэппинг, похищениеRussian
- kidnappningSwedish
- adam kaçırmaTurkish
- bắt cócVietnamese
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