different between kidnapping vs smuggling

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)

English

Verb

smuggling

1. present participle of smuggle

Noun

smuggling (countable and uncountable, plural smugglings)

1. An act of something being smuggled.

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

smuggla +? -ing

Noun

smuggling c

1. smuggling

Declension

Related terms

• smuggel
• smuggelförsök
• smuggelgods
• smuggelliga
• smuggelsprit
• smuggeltrafik
• smuggla
• smugglare
• smugglarkung
• smuggleri
• smugglingsförsök

References

• smuggling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)