Meanings
nounkidnapper (plural kidnappers)
plural kidnappers · alternative kidnaper
- A person who kidnaps someone.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُخْتَطِف
- مُخْتَطِف (muḵtaṭif)one who performs kidnap
Bulgarian похити́тел, похити́телка
- похити́тел (pohitítel)one who performs kidnap
- похити́телка (pohitítelka)one who performs kidnap
Catalan segrestador
- segrestadorone who performs kidnap
Chinese Cantonese 拐子佬
- 拐子佬 (gwaai² zi² lou²)one who performs kidnap
Chinese Mandarin 誘拐者 /诱拐者, 綁架者 /绑架者
- 誘拐者 /诱拐者 (yòuguǎizhě)one who performs kidnap
- 綁架者 /绑架者 (bǎngjiàzhě)one who performs kidnap
- 劫持者 (jiéchízhě)one who performs kidnap
Czech únosce, únoskyně
- únosceone who performs kidnap
- únoskyněone who performs kidnap
Danish kidnapper, bortfører
- kidnapperone who performs kidnap
- bortførerone who performs kidnap
Dutch kidnapper, ontvoerder
- kidnapperone who performs kidnap
- ontvoerderone who performs kidnap
- schakerone who performs kidnap
Estonian inimröövija
- inimröövijaone who performs kidnap
Finnish sieppaaja, kidnappaaja
- sieppaajaone who performs kidnap
- kidnappaajaone who performs kidnap
French ravisseur, ravisseuse
- ravisseurone who performs kidnap
- ravisseuseone who performs kidnap
- kidnappeurone who performs kidnap
- kidnappeuseone who performs kidnap
German Entführer, Entführerin
- Entführerone who performs kidnap
- Entführerinone who performs kidnap
Greek απαγωγέας
- απαγωγέας (apagogéas)one who performs kidnap
Hindi अपहरणकर्ता, अपहर्ता
- अपहरणकर्ता (apharaṇkartā)one who performs kidnap
- अपहर्ता (aphartā)one who performs kidnap
Hungarian emberrabló, gyermekrabló
- emberrablóone who performs kidnap
- gyermekrablóone who performs kidnap
Icelandic mannræningi
- mannræningione who performs kidnap
Italian rapitore, rapitrice
- rapitoreone who performs kidnap
- rapitriceone who performs kidnap
Japanese 誘拐犯
- 誘拐犯 (yūkaihan)one who performs kidnap
Korean 유괴범, 납치범
- 유괴범 (yugoebeom)one who performs kidnap
- 납치범 (napchibeom)one who performs kidnap
- 랍치범 (rapchibeom)one who performs kidnap
Latin plagiārius, plagiāria
- plagiāriusone who performs kidnap
- plagiāriaone who performs kidnap
Norwegian Bokmål kidnapper, barnerøver
- kidnapperone who performs kidnap
- barnerøverone who performs kidnap
- kidnapperskeone who performs kidnap
- barnenapperone who performs kidnap
Polish porywacz, porywaczka
- porywaczone who performs kidnap
- porywaczkaone who performs kidnap
- uprowadzicielone who performs kidnap
- uprowadzicielkaone who performs kidnap
Portuguese sequestrador
- sequestradorone who performs kidnap
Romanian răpitor, răpitoare
- răpitorone who performs kidnap
- răpitoareone who performs kidnap
Russian похити́тель, похити́тельница
- похити́тель (poxitítelʹ)one who performs kidnap
- похити́тельница (poxitítelʹnica)one who performs kidnap
Slovak únosca, únoskyňa
- únoscaone who performs kidnap
- únoskyňaone who performs kidnap
Spanish secuestrador, raptor
- secuestradorone who performs kidnap
- raptorone who performs kidnap
- captorone who performs kidnap
Swahili mtekaji nyara
- mtekaji nyaraone who performs kidnap
Swedish kidnappare
- kidnappareone who performs kidnap
Turkish çocuk hırsızı
- çocuk hırsızıone who performs kidnap
Ukrainian викрада́ч, викрада́чка
- викрада́ч (vykradáč)one who performs kidnap
- викрада́чка (vykradáčka)one who performs kidnap
Cite this entry
APA
kidnapper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kidnapper
MLA
“kidnapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kidnapper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kidnapper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kidnapper.
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