Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom) "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
S: (v) shanghai, impress (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship) "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
W: (n) kidnapper [Related to: kidnap] (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))
W: (n) kidnapping [Related to: kidnap] ((law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment)
W: (n) kidnaper [Related to: kidnap] (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))
W: (n) abduction [Related to: abduct] (the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife)
W: (n) abductor [Related to: abduct] (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))
W: (n) snatch [Related to: snatch] ((law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment)
W: (n) snatcher [Related to: snatch] (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))