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kidnapping n. secuestro. kidnapper n. secuestrador.
• Unlawful taking and carrying away of a person against that person's will by force or fraud, usually for ransom.
Syn. abduction, rapto. child stealing, secuestro o rapto de menores. hijacking, secuestro.
Kidnapping and false imprisonment are close in meaning yet clearly differentiated: false imprisonment does not require taking and carrying away, while kidnapping is a false imprisonment with the added removal of the victim to another location. The equivalent terms in Spanish are secuestro and privación ilegal de la libertad. Their distinguishing feature is, unlike kidnapping and false imprisonment, that while secuestro often involves a request for ransom by the perpetrator privación ilegal de la libertad does not.
aggravated kidnapping secuestro con agravantes. kidnapping in the first degree secuestro de primer grado. kidnapping for ransom secuestro para pedir rescate, secuestro extorsivo (Co). simple kidnapping secuestro simple, secuestro sin agravantes
Reference:
(CA) Criminal Code R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 279; (UK) People (AG) v Edge[1943] I.R. 115 at 146 11(1) Halsbury's Laws para 493; (US) State v. Bruce, 150 S.E.2d 216, 223, 268 N.C. 174. Related Terms: false arrest, detención ilegal; false imprisonment privación ilegal de la libertad; interference with custody, violación del derecho de custodia. Not intended to be legal advice or able to be construed as such. Anyone acting on any of the contents herein does so on the basis of own volition and risk. |
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