kidnapping plot
Planned hostage-taking conspiracy
A kidnapping plot is a scheme or conspiracy to abduct someone, whether actually carried out or merely planned.
The phrase appears frequently in news coverage and crime fiction: Federal agents foiled a kidnapping plot targeting the governor.
It implies coordination and premeditation rather than impulsive action.
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- missing personUnlocated person sought by authorities
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- ransom noteAbductor's payment demand
- unmarked billsCurrency lacking identifying features
hostage · held captive · scheme · master plan · conspiracy · inside job · captive · demand · snatch · van · getaway car · blindfold · duct tape · hideout · safe house · accomplice · victim · leverage
- criminal schemesconspiracy, collusion, racketeering, kickback scheme, bid rigging
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- soap operassoap opera, telenovela, melodrama, cliffhanger, amnesia
- thrillerssuspense, thriller, nail-biter, page-turner, cliffhanger
kidnapping plotrescue mission
Operation to save someone
protection plan · hostage rescue · security detail · protection detail · jailbreak
kidnapping plotrescue operation
Coordinated effort to save endangered
jailbreak · prison break · escape plan · hostage release · extraction mission
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