Kidnapping

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº29 v.06

           Main Definition

1. abduction |n| the action or an instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will.
2. "They organized the abduction of Mr. Cordes on his way to the airport."
   
3. "Abductions by armed men in plain clothes."
4. express kidnapping |n| is a method of abduction used in some countries, mainly from Latin America, where a small ransom, that a company or family can easily pay, is demanded.
5. "Its audit commission, however, is a regular target for threats, while one of its members has endured a brief 'express kidnapping'."
6. kidnapping |n| taking a person by using violence, often in order to get money for returning them.
7. "The industrialist's son was kidnaped."
8. seize |vt| to take somebody/something in your hand suddenly and using force.
9. "He seized her by the arm."
10. "They seized the airport in a surprise attack."
11. shanghai |v| to force someone to do something or go somewhere
12. "Brady shanghaied her into his Jaguar and roared off."
13. "A mission to snatch Winston Churchill."
14. hijacking |n| robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force.
15. "Two men hijacked a jet travelling to Rome and demanded U$S2,000,000."
16. "The hijack ended with the release of all the plane's passengers unharmed."
17. skyjack |v| subject an aircraft to air piracy.
18. "The plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan."

      Ransom       

1. ransom |n| money demanded for the return of a captured person.
2. "The kidnapper demanded a ransom of $500.000 from his family."
3. "They are refusing to pay ransom for her release."
4. ransom money |n| money demanded for the return of a captured person.

           People

           a: Criminals

1. captor |n| a person who captures and hold people or animals.
2. "The hostages were treated well by their captors."
3. kidnapper |n| someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).
4. hijacker |n| someone who commandeers an aircraft, usually at gunpoint during flight, forcing the pilot to fly somewhere other than to the scheduled destination.
5. snatcher |n| someone who takes something or someone by force.

           b: Victims

1. hostage |n| a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
2. "To hold somebody hostage."
3. "Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery."
4. victim |n| an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
5. "The victim had received repeated blows to the head and body."

            c: Police Officers

1. liberator |n| someone who releases people from captivity or bondage.

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