kidnapper has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Kidnapper Spurns Ransom ; Amy Still Missing .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

It 's just barely possible with this crowd that the kidnapper was n't able to get a table .

Or have a sign on his car that says , ' Here Comes the Paxton Kidnapper '' ' ?

The crime showed too much planning , the kidnappers appeared too proficient to be caught by a checklist .

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