kidnaping

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A form of kidnap — To seize or detain (a person) unlawfully and transport or conceal them, sometimes for ransom.

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Meanings

verb
  1. USgerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of kidnap
  2. USalternativeAlternative spelling of kidnapping.
nounkidnaping (plural kidnapings)

plural kidnapings

  1. USalternativeproscribedAlternative spelling of kidnapping.

    (Tan Chia--all bracketed names phonetic), a 62-year-old woman of (Yu Lu) village exposed the crime of the kidnaping of her daughter (Ka Ti) and the snatching away of a number of hogs from Kangpa [translating 崗巴 /岗巴 (Gǎngbā)] county by Indian troops on 29 May this year.

    1965 October 4 [1965 October 2], “Kangpa County Rally”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 191, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Lhasa Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: International Affairs, page BBB 2
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