Kidnapping vs. Abduction

Kidnappingnoun

(legal) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Kidnappingnoun

the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.

Kidnappingnoun

(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful transportation, asportation and confinement of a person against their will. It can include tying someone up, gagging them, or stuffing them in a box.

Abductionnoun

Leading away; a carrying away.

Abductionnoun

(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Abductionnoun

(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.

Abductionnoun

The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

Abductionnoun

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

Abductionnoun

The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Abductionnoun

The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

Abductionnoun

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

Abductionnoun

the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

Abductionnoun

(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body