kidnap

1. V-T/V-I To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government. 綁架

Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him. 巴西警方偵破了一起要綁架他的陰謀。

They were middle-class university students, intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill. 他們是中產(chǎn)階級大學生，聰明而且受過教育，卻選擇了綁架和謀殺。

2. kidnapperN-COUNT 綁架者

His kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison. 綁架者威脅說，如果不釋放3個武裝分子出獄，他們就會殺了他。

3. N-VAR Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. 綁架

Stewart denies attempted murder and kidnap. 斯圖爾特否認有謀殺和綁架的企圖。