kidnapping
English
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Pronunciation
Verb
kidnappingCategory:English non-lemma forms#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English verb forms#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with entries#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with 5 entries#KIDNAPPING
- present participle and gerund of kidnap
Noun
kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings)Category:English lemmas#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English countable nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English countable nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with entries#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with 5 entries#KIDNAPPING
- (crimeCategory:en:Crime#KIDNAPPING) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
- 2025 March 7, ToI staff, JTA, “The next 24: These are the remaining hostages presumed alive in Gaza”, in The Times of Israel, archived from the original on 3 August 2025:
- The Kiryat Malachi native, who had been working as a bartender in Tel Aviv before his kidnapping, was last seen trying to hide next to a car as a terrorist fired a rocket-propelled grenade at him and a friend.Category:English terms with quotations#KIDNAPPING
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:French terms borrowed from English#KIDNAPPINGCategory:French terms derived from English#KIDNAPPING kidnapping.
Pronunciation
Noun
kidnapping m (plural kidnappings)Category:French lemmas#KIDNAPPINGCategory:French nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:French countable nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:French terms spelled with K#KIDNAPPINGCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#KIDNAPPINGCategory:French masculine nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with entries#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with 5 entries#KIDNAPPING
Further reading
- “kidnapping”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English#KIDNAPPING kidnapping.
Pronunciation
Noun
kidnapping f or m (definite singular kidnappinga or kidnappingen, indefinite plural kidnappinger, definite plural kidnappingene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with entries#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with 5 entries#KIDNAPPING
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#KIDNAPPING kidnapping.
Noun
kidnapping f (definite singular kidnappinga, indefinite plural kidnappingar, definite plural kidnappingane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with entries#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with 5 entries#KIDNAPPING
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References
- “kidnapping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#KIDNAPPING kidnapping.
Pronunciation
Noun
kidnapping n (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Romanian nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Romanian terms spelled with K#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with entries#KIDNAPPINGCategory:Pages with 5 entries#KIDNAPPING
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | kidnapping | kidnapping-ul |
| genitive-dative | kidnapping | kidnapping-ului |
| vocative | kidnapping-ule | |
References
- “kidnapping”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026