kidnapping

Kidnapping
The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
The unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
Kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority.
Kidnapping can also take place in the case of deprogramming, a now rare practice to convince someone to give up his commitment to a new religious movement that the deprogrammer considers harmful.
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment (confinement without legal authority) for ransom or in furtherance of another crime.
The kidnappers, who can be very erratic, have been found to engage in the criminality for several complex motives ranging from unemployment, idleness, retribution, rituals, monetary gains and political reasons.
Kidnapping of a child is often called child stealing (the word "kidnapping" was originally "kid nabbing", in other words slang for "child stealing"). This can refer to children being taken away without their parents' consent, but with the child's consent.
Kidnapping is a problem in some regions of the world where roving gangs snatch people, especially tourists, and hold them for ransom pay-outs. In these regions, extreme poverty and the inability to find work may drive people to committing crimes in order to make a living, and kidnapping can also be used as a tool by rival political groups and gangs. It also occurs in the context of child custody disputes, when a parent who does not have custody takes a child. Even if the child is consenting, it is deemed kidnapping because the parent with custody does not consent.
According to the Black's Law Dictionary, the crime of kidnapping is labelled abduction when the victim is a woman. In modern usage, kidnapping of a child is often called "child stealing", especially when not done to collect a ransom.
In Criminal Law, kidnapping is the taking away of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment or a confinement without legal authority. This is often done for ransom or in furtherance of another crime.
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
Kidnapping is an unlawful act or an instance of taking a person without consent, by force or fraud. Kidnappings can occur by family members, as well as strangers.
Kidnapping is an unlawful act or an instance of taking a person without consent, by force or fraud. Kidnappings can occur by family members, as well as strangers.
To kidnap someone means to take them and hold them against their will. Usually, it's for extortion, i.e.: money.
Kidnapping can be a state or federal offense depending upon the circumstances: