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kidnap

verbosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi

  • //ˈkɪdnæp//

To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.

verbo

  1. 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.

Etimologia

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.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

Forme

plurale
kidnaps
passato
kidnapped, kidnaped
participio passato
kidnapped, kidnaped
participio presente
kidnapping, kidnaping
3ª persona singolare
kidnaps
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