different between abduct vs kidnapping

English

Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”).

• (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?kt/, /æb?d?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)

1. (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17^th century.]

2. (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. [Early 17^th century.]

Synonyms

• carry off
• drag away
• kidnap
• run away with
• seize
• spirit away
• stretch
• take away

Antonyms

• adduct
• reinstate
• restore

Derived terms

• abductee
• abductive

Related terms

Translations

References

English

Alternative forms

• kidnaping (US; less common)

Verb

kidnapping

1. present participle of kidnap

Noun

kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings)

1. (crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• abduction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kid.na.pi?/

Noun

kidnapping m (plural kidnappings)

1. a kidnapping

Further reading

• “kidnapping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?dn?p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

kidnapping f or m (definite singular kidnappinga or kidnappingen, indefinite plural kidnappinger, definite plural kidnappingene)

1. kidnapping

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnapper

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Noun

kidnapping f (definite singular kidnappinga, indefinite plural kidnappingar, definite plural kidnappingane)

1. kidnapping

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnappar

References

• “kidnapping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kid?napi?]

Noun

kidnapping n (uncountable)

1. (rare) kidnapping

Declension

Synonyms

• r?pire

References

• kidnapping in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)