different between sequestration vs kidnapping

English

Etymology

From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestr?ti?, from Latin sequestr? (“sequester”).

Noun

sequestration (countable and uncountable, plural sequestrations)

1. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55

     At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.

Derived terms

• desequestration

Translations

See also

• sequestration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequestration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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)