Dictionary Check: kidnapping
"kidnapping" is a valid word!
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Definition
noun
(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
verb
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Example:
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
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