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Kidnapping

Kidnapping [fr. kind, Dut., a child, and nap, to steal], the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man,

kidnap

kidnap kid·napped or: kid·naped [-napt] kid·nap·ping or: kid·nap·ing [-na-pi] [probably back-formation from kidnapper, from kid child + obsolete napper

kidnapping

kidnapping or kid·nap·ing n : an act or instance or the crime of seizing, confining, inveigling, abducting, or carrying

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Kidnap

To take any one by force or fear and against ones will with intent to carry to another place

kidnapping

the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

Kidnapping for ransom

Kidnapping for ransom, Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or

Kidnapping from lawful guardianship

Kidnapping from lawful guardianship, Whoever takes or entices any minor under sixteen years of age if a male, or

Kidnapping from India

Kidnapping from India, Whoever conveys any person beyond the limits of India without the consent of that person, or

Blackbirding

The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves

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