| kidnapper | | |
| n. (person) | 1. abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom). |
| ~ captor, capturer | a person who captures and holds people or animals. |
| ~ criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. |
| ~ crimper, crimp | someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers. |
| ~ seizer, shanghaier | a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship. |
| kidnap | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ seize | take or capture by force.; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" |
| ~ shanghai, impress | take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" |
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