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Verb
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To seize and detain a person unlawfully or forcefully
abducts
captures
seizes
shanghais
hijacks
snatches
nobbles
removes
grabs
pirates
skyjacks
waylays
steals
ransoms
carries off
runs off with
makes off with
runs away with
takes hostage
takes prisoner
spirits away
holds to ransom
takes as hostage
makes away with
body snatches
bundles off
carries away
lays hands on
holds hostage
nabs
dognaps
takes captive
rapes
takes as prisoner
puts the snatch on
expropriates
appropriates
commandeers
takes
holds for ransom
catches
intercepts
confiscates
nicks
borrows
carjacks
takes over
takes possession of
“The police wanted Garrity on half a dozen charges, one of them being for attempting to kidnap the wife of a coffeehouse keeper.”
Verb
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To dispossess someone of something
makes off with
steals
pilfers
purloins
thieves
filches
lifts
pinches
swipes
takes
nicks
appropriates
heists
snitches
snatches
nabs
hooks
snaffles
nobbles
abducts
whips
gloms
liberates
bones
cribs
removes
snavels
carries off
runs off with
knocks off
walks off with
runs away with
absconds with
walks away with
half-inches
withdraws
rustles
whisks
carts off
whisks off
spirits
carries away
takes off
carries
misappropriates
embezzles
defalcates
ransacks
prigs
cheats one of
blags
plunders
helps oneself to
swindles
rifles
defrauds one of
burglarizesUS
boosts
sticks up
flogs
goes walkies
nips
holds for ransom
peculates
pillages
pockets
takes possession of
cozens
mooches
shoplifts
strips one of
scrumps
abstracts
trousers
holds up
converts
cabbages
loots
takes for oneself
walks
jacks
robs
souvenirs
spirits away
rips off
Verb
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To catch or apprehend someone
takes prisoner
captures
seizes
imprisons
takes captive
takes hostage
catches
grabs
bags
snares
nabs
apprehends
traps
collars
snags
arrests
abducts
takes into custody
nets
gets
hooks
nails
lands
snatches
cops
gloms
corrals
grapples
raps
pinches
nicks
snaps up
nobbles
pulls in
takes in
picks up
brings in
secures
ensnares
detains
appropriates
entraps
lays hold of
takes possession of
takes
takes hold of
carries off
Noun
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Plural for the act of taking away (someone) by force
abduction
kidnappings
kidnapings
capture
seizures
snatches
appropriations
highjackings
hijackings
snatchings
thefts
rapes
withdrawal
ransom
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