Synonyms of kidnap

kidnap

verb

ˈkid-ˌnap 

as in to abduct

to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully

the child of the wealthy industrialist was kidnapped and held for ransom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abduct
• capture
• seize
• run off with
• snatch
• make away with
• waylay
• make off with
• impress
• steal
• hijack
• spirit
• crimp
• take
• abscond (with)
• shanghai
• highjack
• catch
• cop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliver
• return
• rescue
• redeem
• ransom
• restore

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of kidnap

Castelli was 2 years old in 1977 when her parents were kidnapped and taken to El Vesubio; her mother was six months pregnant, and Castelli never saw either parent again. —Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024

As an infant, Abbie Humphries was kidnapped by a woman pretending to be a nurse three hours after she was born at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, England, in July 1994. —Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024

Kurosawa’s High and Low follows an executive whose son is mistakenly kidnapped, leading to an extortion plot. —Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024

The journalist is believed to have been kidnapped at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus. —David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024