kidnap
verbenomcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈkɪdnæp//
To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
verbe
- 1
To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
Hello, ladies! How’s the Big Apple? Rotten, Jerry! Clover's been kidnapped! Oh, dear! That's the second time this month!
Angrest, a soldier, was kidnapped from his tank at the Nahal Oz base when it was attacked by Hamas.
Étymologie
From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Originally Thieves' cant, referring to the practice of stealing children and shipping them to colonies or plantations as laborers. First attested c. 1680.
nom
- 1
The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
Formes
- pluriel
- kidnaps
- passé
- kidnapped, kidnaped
- participe passé
- kidnapped, kidnaped
- participe présent
- kidnapping, kidnaping
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- kidnaps
kidnap · To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
kidnapped · subjected to kidnappingkidnapper · A person who kidnaps someone.kidnapping · The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes…