antikidnap

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adjective

Preventing or countering kidnapping.

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Meanings

adjectiveantikidnap (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentPreventing or countering kidnapping.

    He was never seen again, and the case remains unsolved today. Its haunting aftermath produced new antikidnap legislation[…]

    2002, Michael Newton, The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings, page 187
    1 more example

    A first step in a company's defense against executive kidnapping is to develop a policy and obtain approval of an antikidnap plan.

    2010, John Fay, Contemporary Security Management, page 359

Origin

From anti- + kidnap.

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APA

antikidnap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antikidnap

MLA

“antikidnap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antikidnap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antikidnap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antikidnap.

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