kidnap
/ˈkɪdnæp/ verb B2- To seize or detain (a person) unlawfully and transport or conceal them, sometimes for ransom.
He/she/it kidnaps · Past kidnapped · Past participle kidnapped · -ing form kidnapping
Verb forms
- Base form
- kidnap
- He/she/it
- kidnaps
- Past
- kidnapped
- Past participle
- kidnapped
- -ing form
- kidnapping
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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If he has been kidnapped, it could not have been for anything which he himself possesses.
Surely you don’t really imagine that he may be kidnapped in order to give information against his wealthy uncle?”
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