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 kidnapping on Wikipedia

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From kid +‎ nap (to nab; to grab).

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kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or kidnaped)

  1. (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]

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kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)

  1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
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kidnap

  1. inflection of kidnappen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Tagalog

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Borrowed from English kidnap.

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kidnap (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜉ᜔)

  1. kidnap
    Synonym: dukot

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