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What is another word for kidnaping?

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Verb
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Present participle for to seize and detain a person unlawfully or forcefully
abducting
capturing
seizing
shanghaiing
hijacking
snatching
nobbling
removing
grabbing
pirating
skyjacking
waylaying
stealing
ransoming
carrying off
running off with
making off with
running away with
taking hostage
taking prisoner
spiriting away
holding to ransom
taking as hostage
making away with
body snatching
bundling off
carrying away
laying hands on
holding hostage
nabbing
kidnapping
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“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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Present participle for to dispossess someone of something
making off with
stealing
pilfering
purloining
thieving
filching
lifting
pinching
swiping
taking
nicking
appropriating
heisting
snitching
snatching
nabbing
hooking
snaffling
nobbling
abducting
whipping
glomming
liberating
boning
cribbing
removing
snavelling
carrying off
running off with
knocking off
walking off with
running away with
absconding with
walking away with
half-inching
kidnapping
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Verb
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Present participle for to catch or apprehend someone
taking prisoner
capturing
seizing
imprisoning
taking captive
taking hostage
catching
grabbing
bagging
snaring
nabbing
apprehending
trapping
collaring
snagging
arresting
abducting
taking into custody
getting
netting
hooking
nailing
landing
snatching
copping
glomming
corralling
grappling
rapping
pinching
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Noun
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The act of taking away (someone) by force
abduction
kidnap
kidnapping
capture
seizure
snatch
appropriation
highjacking
hijacking
snatching
theft
rape
withdrawal
carrying off
hostage-taking
taking away
taking hostage
ransom
commandeering
confiscation
seizing
arrest
apprehension
collar
expropriation
takeover
arrogation
annexation
grabbing
usurpation
taking
bust
detainer
preemption
sequestration
impounding
requisitioning
grab
removal
pinch
hook
poind
nobbling
assumption
drop
annexing
nabbing
conquering
imprisonment
detention
internment
incarceration
catching
trapping
catch
ensnaring
nab
appropriating
acquirement
acquisition
bag
securing
being lifted
being pinched
being collared
being taken prisoner
knock off
being imprisoned
being taken into custody
being nabbed
being trapped
forceful holding
being taken captive
pick up
distrainment
distraint
disseisin
attachment
naam
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