kidnapping

== English == === Alternative forms === kidnaping (US, less common) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/ === Verb === kidnapping present participle and gerund of kidnap === Noun === kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings) (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.piŋ/ === Noun === kidnapping m (plural kidnappings) a kidnapping === Further reading === “kidnapping”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English kidnapping. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪdnɑpɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋ === Noun === kidnapping f or m (definite singular kidnappinga or kidnappingen, indefinite plural kidnappinger, definite plural kidnappingene) kidnapping ==== Related terms ==== kidnappe kidnapper == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English kidnapping. === Noun === kidnapping f (definite singular kidnappinga, indefinite plural kidnappingar, definite plural kidnappingane) kidnapping ==== Related terms ==== kidnappe kidnappar === References === “kidnapping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English kidnapping. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kidˈnapiŋ] === Noun === kidnapping n (uncountable) (rare) kidnapping Synonym: răpire ==== Declension ==== === References === “kidnapping”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026