{
    "term": "kidnap",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "kidnap",
            "heSheIt": "kidnaps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "kidnapped",
        "pastParticiple": "kidnapped",
        "ingForm": "kidnapping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to take somebody away illegally and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money or something else for returning them",
            "sensetop": "kidnap somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Two businessmen have been kidnapped by terrorists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The terrorists were planning to kidnap one of the president’s sons."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "abduct, seize",
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæp/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnap__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæps/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnaps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæpt/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnapped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnapping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæp/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnap__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæps/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnaps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæpt/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnapped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ki/kidnap/kidnapping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: back-formation from kidnapper, from kid ‘child’ + slang nap ‘nab, seize’."
}