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kidnapping

Unauthorized taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will

Also known as abduction · kidnap · abduct · kidnaping

Instance of: type of crime
Subclass of: violent crime
, captivity
, transport
+2 more

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Kidnapping is the illegal relocation (abduction) and confinement of a person against their will, and is a crime in many jurisdictions. Kidnapping may be accomplished by use of force or fear, or a victim may be enticed into confinement by fraud or deception. Kidnapping is distinguished from false imprisonment by the intentional movement of the victim to a different location.

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Members / parts: capture
Practiced by: kidnapper
Different from: Únos criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: únos
Kidnapping criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: kidnapping
Said to be the same as: Q11578717
Menschenraub
Participant: kidnapping victim
kidnapper

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AIDB. (2026). kidnapping (Q318296). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/kidnapping-Q318296