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    KIDNAPER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)play

    Synonyms:

    abductor; kidnaper; kidnapper; snatcher

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("kidnaper" is a kind of...):

    captor; capturer (a person who captures and holds people or animals)

    criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kidnaper"):

    crimp; crimper (someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers)

    seizer; shanghaier (a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship)

    Derivation:

    kidnap (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom)

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