kidnapping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of kidnap

noun

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

   “The Kiryat Malachi native, who had been working as a bartender in Tel Aviv before his kidnapping, was last seen trying to hide next to a car as a terrorist fired a rocket-propelled grenade at him and a friend.”