enlevementn.

Brit.

/ɛnˈliːvm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ɑnˈlɛvmɑ̃/,

/ɛnˈlivm(ə)nt/, Scottish English

/ɛnˈlivm(ə)nt/

Etymology: < French enlèvement, < enlever to carry off, < en- < Latin inde away + lever to lift.

Scots Law.

A carrying off (of a woman or child); an abduction. Sometimes employed by modern English writers merely as French, without reference to its earlier adoption.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun]

rape1436

abreption1550

man-stealing1577

plagium1577

raptc1614

abduction1632

man-stealth1663

plagiary1673

kidnapping1682

enlevement1769

plagiat1809

body-snatching1840

kidnappery1890

snatching1931

shanghaiing1985

1769 Ld. President in Scots Mag. Sept. 687/1 As to the enlevement of Mignon's child..such enlevement happened in July 1748.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 35 The development, enlevement, the desperate wound etc...become a mere matter of course.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. xvii, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 239/2 All the town being up about the enlèvement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	enlevement
释义	enlevementn. Brit. /ɛnˈliːvm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ɑnˈlɛvmɑ̃/, /ɛnˈlivm(ə)nt/, Scottish English /ɛnˈlivm(ə)nt/ Etymology: < French enlèvement, < enlever to carry off, < en- < Latin inde away + lever to lift. Scots Law. A carrying off (of a woman or child); an abduction. Sometimes employed by modern English writers merely as French, without reference to its earlier adoption. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun] rape1436 abreption1550 man-stealing1577 plagium1577 raptc1614 abduction1632 man-stealth1663 plagiary1673 kidnapping1682 enlevement1769 plagiat1809 body-snatching1840 kidnappery1890 snatching1931 shanghaiing1985 1769 Ld. President in Scots Mag. Sept. 687/1 As to the enlevement of Mignon's child..such enlevement happened in July 1748. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 35 The development, enlevement, the desperate wound etc...become a mere matter of course. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. xvii, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 239/2 All the town being up about the enlèvement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769
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