kidnap victim
Held for ransom
A kidnap victim is a person who has been seized and held against their will, typically for ransom, political leverage, or other criminal purposes.
The term appears frequently in news coverage and law enforcement contexts: Police located the kidnap victim after a three-day search.
Unlike hostage, which emphasizes the bargaining aspect, kidnap victim focuses on the person's status as someone wrongfully taken.
- hostageCaptive held as security
- abductedTaken by force
- held captiveKept by force
- missing personUnlocated person sought by authorities
- ransomPayment for captive's release
captive · missing · taken · prisoner · rescue · abduction · survivor · trauma · emotional scars · basement · blindfold · duct tape · zip ties · tied · helpless · terrified · escape · dungeon
- captivesprisoner, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage
- missing peoplemissing child, lost child, lost hiker, lost tourist, abductee
- oppressedslave, serf, captive, prisoner, hostage
kidnap victimkidnapper
One who seizes people
abductor · captor · hostage-taker · perpetrator · jailer
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