Synonyms for kidnapper

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kid-nap

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪd næp

Définition of kidnapper

Origin : 1670s; see kidnap (though this word is attested a few years earlier).

noun abductor

Example sentences :

This pretended friend was recognised by one of the prisoners as a kidnapper.
Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan

Dick Boobitrapp is a kidnapper and a confederate of Vertigo.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 » by Various

Golah could not afford to keep slaves; and was only a kidnapper and dealer in the article.
Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid

The kidnapper undid the bloody wrappings and looked at his lacerated hand.
Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London

Was not the kidnapper a redskin—a low, mean, contemptible savage?
Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne

If I am forced, to denounce him to government, it will be in his new capacity of a kidnapper.
Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott

Undoubtedly, the kidnapper was armed and likely other companions were hiding nearby.
Extract from : « The Deserted Yacht » by Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt

So that, if ever a man was kidnapper and villain, that man was George Penne.
Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant

And yet is not wise enough to escape the tricks of a kidnapper, Craigengelt?
Extract from : « Bride of Lammermoor » by Sir Walter Scott

I made up my mind that if one more person said to me, ‘How did the kidnapper get in?’
Extract from : « The Vanishing of Betty Varian » by Carolyn Wells

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