Kidnap

  • 41Cirillo kidnap — On April 27, 1981, the Red Brigades kidnapped the 60 year old Christian Democrat (DC) politician Ciro Cirillo and killed his two man escort in the garage of his Naples apartment building. At the time Cirillo directed reconstruction efforts in… …

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  • 42Peter Shaw (kidnap victim) — Peter Shaw is a British businessman who spent several months as a hostage during 2002.Shaw, originally from Cowbridge in South Wales, was working as an adviser to the Agro Business Bank in Tbilisi, Georgia, when he was kidnapped on June 18, 2002 …

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  • 43tiger kidnap — 1. verb To abduct someone, or to hold someone hostage, in order to persuade someone else to assist in a crime. 2. noun Such an abduction or hostage taking …

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  • 44Kidnaped — Kidnap Kid nap (k[i^]d n[a^]p ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped} (k[i^]d n[a^]pt ) or {Kidnapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.] To take (any one) by force …

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  • 45Kidnaping — Kidnap Kid nap (k[i^]d n[a^]p ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped} (k[i^]d n[a^]pt ) or {Kidnapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.] To take (any one) by force …

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  • 46Kidnapped — Kidnap Kid nap (k[i^]d n[a^]p ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped} (k[i^]d n[a^]pt ) or {Kidnapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.] To take (any one) by force …

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  • 47Kidnapping — Kidnap Kid nap (k[i^]d n[a^]p ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped} (k[i^]d n[a^]pt ) or {Kidnapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.] To take (any one) by force …

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  • 48K&R insurance —  Kidnap and ransom insurance.  ► “K&R may also provide the services of a protection consultant who can assist acompany to avoid difficult situations and respond appropriately.” (Across the Board, Nov./Dec. 1994, p. 52) …

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  • 49kidnapper — kidnap ► VERB (kidnapped, kidnapping; US also kidnaped, kidnaping) ▪ abduct and hold (someone) captive, typically to obtain a ransom. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of kidnapping. DERIVATIVES kidnapper noun …

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  • 50Bride kidnapping — Thought to be a bride kidnapping in progress in Central Asia, circa 1870 Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice throughout history and around the world in which a man abducts the woman he… …

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