tiger kidnap

verb

To abduct someone, or to hold someone hostage, in order to persuade someone else to assist in a crime.

Meanings

verbtiger kidnap (third-person singular simple present tiger kidnaps, present participle tiger kidnapping or (rare, US only) tiger kidnaping, simple past and past participle tiger kidnapped or (rare, US only) tiger kidnaped)

present singular third person tiger kidnaps · participle present tiger kidnapping · US participle present rare tiger kidnaping · participle past tiger kidnapped · past tiger kidnapped · US participle past rare tiger kidnaped · US past rare tiger kidnaped

  1. UKslangcrimeTo abduct someone, or to hold someone hostage, in order to persuade someone else to assist in a crime.
nountiger kidnap (plural tiger kidnaps)

plural tiger kidnaps

  1. UKslangcrimeAn abduction or hostage-taking of this kind.
Cite this entry
APA

tiger kidnap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20kidnap

MLA

“tiger kidnap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20kidnap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiger kidnap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20kidnap.

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