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Kidnaping

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman or child from his own country and sending him into another. See 4 Am. St. Rep. 447, note.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The stealing and carrying away, or secreting of a person; an aggravated kind of abduction.