Found 3 items, similar to Kidnapping.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: kidnapping penculikan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: kidnapping kidnap v : take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; “The industrialist's son was kidnapped” [syn: nobble, abduct, snatch] [also: kidnapping, kidnapped] kidnapping n : (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment [syn: snatch] kidnapping See kidnap
English → English (gcide) Definition: Kidnapping Kidnap \Kid"nap`\ (k[i^]d"n[a^]p`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnaped (k[i^]d"n[a^]pt`) or Kidnapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.] To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott. [1913 Webster] You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. --Whately. [1913 Webster] Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.