American English pronunciation

How to pronounce kidnap

IPA transcription: ['kɪd,næp]

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Verb

  • take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

    “The industrialist's son was kidnapped”

Usage examples

  • All are described as having been kidnapped, returned to Moscow, and shot without trial.
  • In reality, the kidnapping was organized by the earl himself.
  • She reveals both herself and Hunter have been kidnapping and experimenting on Predators.
  • This man claims he was kidnapped.
  • She told them to kidnap me.
  • This man claims he was kidnapped.
  • Joe confesses to the others what he knows of the kidnappers and of their organization.
  • Apollo, who was present, immediately fell in love with her and kidnapped her.
  • This isn't a kidnapping.
  • Agent Liberty and the other kidnapped meta-humans are rescued by Huntress and Vixen.