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kidnappings

kidnappings is the plural of kidnapping.

Meaning of kidnapping

Noun

kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings)

  1. (crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
    • The Kiryat Malachi native, who had been working as a bartender in Tel Aviv before his kidnapping, was last seen trying to hide next to a car as a terrorist fired a rocket-propelled grenade at him and a friend.2025 March 7, ToI staff, JTA, “The next 24: These are the remaining hostages presumed alive in Gaza”, in The Times of Israel, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2025

Phrases with kidnappings

Questions about kidnappings

What is kidnappings the plural of?
Kidnappings is the plural of kidnapping.

Words near kidnappings in the dictionary

  1. kidnappee
  2. kidnappees
  3. kidnapper
  4. kidnappers
  5. kidnapping
  6. kidnappings
  7. kidnaps
  8. Kidner
  9. Kidners
  10. kidney
  11. kidney bean

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