kidnapper
US/ˈkɪdnæpɚ/
kidnapper noun: a person who kidnaps someone.
Noun
kidnapper (plural kidnappers)
- A person who kidnaps someone.
kidnapper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
kidnapper in Hindi
- one who performs kidnap
- अपहरणकर्ता apharaṇkartā, अपहर्ता aphartā
kidnapper in Tamil
- கடத்தல்காரன், கடத்துபவர்
kidnapper in Urdu
- اغوا کنندہ
kidnapper in Bengali
- kidnapper
- ছেলেধরা cheledhora
More languagesFewer languages
- kidnapper in Arabic
- مُخْتَطِف muḵtaṭif
Examples of kidnapper in a sentence
- He was allowed to go as soon as the kidnappers were paid.
- My kidnappers had bound me hand and foot so any attempt at escaping was of no avail.
- The kidnapper came to a sticky end when he crashed his car into a tree.
Forms of kidnapper
| plural | kidnappers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kidnaper |
Origin of kidnapper
From kidnap + -er.
Words formed from kidnapper
Questions about kidnapper
- What does kidnapper mean?
- Kidnapper means a person who kidnaps someone.
- What is kidnapper in Hindi?
- Kidnapper in Hindi is अपहरणकर्ता (apharaṇkartā), अपहर्ता (aphartā). See Kidnapper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kidnapper?
- Kidnapper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kidnapper?
- Kidnapper is pronounced /ˈkɪdnæpɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of kidnapper?
- The plural of kidnapper is kidnappers.
Words near kidnapper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kidnapper (page history and authors); kidnapper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kidnapper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ছেলেধরা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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