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kidnapping

KID-nap-ing/ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/

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2 meanings of kidnapping

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The crime of taking and holding a person by force, against their will.

    The kidnapping shocked the small town where the family lived.

    Police worked for days to solve the kidnapping.

    Similarabduction

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of kidnap. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now or going on.

    The gang was kidnapping travelers along the mountain road.

    They were kidnapping people for ransom across the region.

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kidnapping is a form of kidnap

kidnap, verb: To take someone away by force and hold them against their will, often to demand money. Full entry

Forms
kidnapkidnaps he/she/itkidnapping -ing formkidnapped past tense, past participle
Spelling
kidnap → kidnapping: double the p, add -ing

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