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KIDNAPER

Definition: KIDNAPER

KIDNAPER

Noun

1. Alt. of Kidnapper

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Synonyms within Context: KIDNAPER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Thief

Spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: KIDNAPER

English words defined with "KIDNAPER": Plagiary. (references)
Non-English Usage: "KIDNAPER" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian (hi-jacker, kidnaper, kidnapper).

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Photo Album: KIDNAPER

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

You're a dirty kidnaper! [sic]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: KIDNAPER

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Indonesia

The kidnaper surrendered to police before the child's parents paid the ransom. (references)

Yemen

In February the kidnaper of three American tourists (in 1999) received a 12-year jail sentence. (references)

Yemen

In 2000 the court sentenced an individual who had kidnaped three German tourists in 1999 to 12 years in jail; the kidnaper of an American and a group of Europeans (in 1997) to 20 years; and two additional kidnapers to 15 years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: KIDNAPER

Language Translations for "KIDNAPER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian

  

kidnaper (hi-jacker, kidnapper). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

secuestrador (abductor, hijacker, kidnapper). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

adam kaçıran kimse (kidnapper), çocuk hırsızı (kidnapper). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: KIDNAPER

Derivations

Words beginning with "KIDNAPER": kidnapers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"KIDNAPER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kidnaped, Kinneger, Midnapore. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: KIDNAPER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-k-n-p-r"

-1 letter: pardine, pranked, prinked, ranpike.

-2 letters: daiker, danker, darken, denari, diaper, kidnap, kinder, kirned, narked, paiked, pained, paired, pander, panier, pardie, parked, pinder, pinked, pinker, rained, ranked, rapine, repaid, repand.

-3 letters: aider, aired, arpen, deair, denar, diker, dinar, diner, drain, drake, drank, drape, drink, inked, inker, irade, irked, knead, nadir, naked, padre, padri, paned.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-k-n-p-r"
 

+1 letter: kidnapers, kidnapper, spikenard.

 

+2 letters: kidnappers, spikenards.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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