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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)