| 单词 | kidnap |
| 释义 | kidnap (once / 742 pages) v To kidnap is to steal a person, or to hold someone as a prisoner until a ransom is paid. Nervous parents might worry that someone will kidnap their children, and not let them play outside alone. The original meaning of kidnap, dating from the late seventeenth century, was "steal children to provide servants to the American colonies," from kid, "child," and nap, "snatch away." After the particularly notorious Lindberg baby kidnapping in 1932, the U.S. Congress passed a law allowing the FBI to investigate all kidnappings. Today the word kidnap includes all abductions, of both children and adults. WORD FAMILYkidnap: kidnaped, kidnaper, kidnaping, kidnapped, kidnapper, kidnapping, kidnaps+/kidnaper: kidnapers/kidnapper: kidnappers/kidnapping: kidnappings USAGE EXAMPLESThe country suffered bombings, slayings and kidnappings during a period of domestic terrorism in the 1970s and early 1980s. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Afterwards, they said we were pirates who kidnap boats, that we were carrying weapons.” The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Before slavery was restricted by the Spanish crown, in 1542, slaving parties scoured Honduras, kidnapping Indians to work plantations, mines, and households. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) v take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom The industrialist's son was kidnapped Syn|Hypo|Hyper abduct, nobble, snatch impress, shanghai take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship seize take or capture by force |
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