kidnapping
Taking someone unlawfully
Kidnapping is the crime of seizing and holding someone against their will, typically for ransom, political leverage, or other criminal purposes.
The victim may be moved to another location or simply confined.
The kidnapping made national news.
A kidnapper takes people; a kidnapping is the act itself.
Also spelled kidnaping.
Emotional response to threat
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
helplessness · captivity · isolation · survival · escape · psychological · PTSD · recovery
Rapid forceful taking
abduct · shanghai · take · detain · apprehend · hostage · snatcher · bodysnatching
Captive held as security
- terroristViolent political intimidator
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- militantAggressive cause supporter
- rebelAuthority defier
guerrilla · ransom · diplomacy · negotiations · demands · propaganda · beheading · embassy
Forceful request or requirement
- extortionObtaining through threats
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- deadlineTime limit for completion
exchange · cash · untraceable · payoff · release · hostage · negotiator · terms
Serious criminal offense
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- illegalForbidden by statute
- arrestSeize by law
- convictionFirmly held belief
sentence · incarceration · indictment · prosecution · defendant · guilty · warrant · extradition
fear
Emotional response to threat
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
panic · helplessness · captivity · isolation · survival · escape · psychological · PTSD · recovery · ordeal
snatch
Rapid forceful taking
nab · abduct · shanghai · take · detain · apprehend · hostage · snatcher · bodysnatching · carjacking
hostage
Captive held as security
- terroristViolent political intimidator
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- militantAggressive cause supporter
rebel · guerrilla · ransom · diplomacy · negotiations · demands · propaganda · beheading · embassy · foreign
demand
Forceful request or requirement
- extortionObtaining through threats
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
deadline · exchange · cash · untraceable · payoff · release · hostage · negotiator · terms · dropoff
felony
Serious criminal offense
conviction · sentence · incarceration · indictment · prosecution · defendant · guilty · warrant · extradition · fugitive
disappearance
Act of going missing
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
whereabouts · vanish · traceless · leads · tips · sightings · posters · reward · hotline · DNA
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, vandalism, manslaughter
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, crime scene analysis
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- FBIFBI, agent, special agent, bureau, FBI Academy
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- true crimetrue crime, cold case, crime docs, unsolved mystery, murder mystery
kidnappingreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · liberation · letting go · emancipation · setting free
kidnappingrescue
Save from harm
saving · recovery · extraction · retrieval · deliverance
- parental kidnappingParent unlawfully takes own child
- kidnapping victimOne forcibly taken prisoner
- kidnapping ringCriminal enterprise seizing people
- kidnapping plotConspiracy to abduct someone
- attempted kidnappingUnsuccessful forcible taking
- kidnapping storyNarrative about forcible seizure