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Kidnapping, a word derived from kid = 'child' and nap(nab) = 'snatch', recorded since 1673, originally meant stealing children for use as servants or laborers in the American colonies.

Definition

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It has come to mean any illegal capture or detention of persons against their will, regardless of age, as for ransom; since 1768 the term abduction was also used in this sense. Another case is when two countries are at war: enemy soldiers may be captured in another country and detained as prisoners of war under the law of the capturer's state, and suspected war criminals and those suspected of genocide or crimes against humanity may be arrested.

• Although the victims are usually called hostages, this term also applies to legal hostage-taking, commonly practiced by governments in the past.

Scope of application in the United States

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In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or asportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. This is often done for ransom or in furtherance of another crime. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States retain the "asportation" element for kidnapping, where the victim must be confined in a bounded area against their will and moved. Any amount of movement will suffice for the requirement, even if it is moving the abductee to a house next door. In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, however, the asportation element has been abolished. Note that under early English common law, the asportation element required that the victim be moved outside the realm of England or overseas in order for an abduction to be considered "kidnapping."

Kidnapping for ransom is almost nonexistent in the United States today, due in great part to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's aggressive stance toward kidnapping. The Bureau made kidnap for ransom a special priority, and continues to do so today. It pursues kidnap cases ferociously, as FBI agents who have rescued kidnap victims have been known to describe the rescue as a personal high point of a career.

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@Sweet_Carile - Wait, and why do I need a lock and key? KIDNAPPING JK, I didn't wanna resort to violence.. TOO MUCH HISTORY!
Baker_Jimel13 (Kelsey Ann Baker) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:52:16 -0000
@Sweet_Carile - Wait, and why do I need a lock and key? KIDNAPPING JK, I didn't wanna resort to violence.. TOO MUCH HISTORY!
@suhasinih One day someone will do a kidnapping or a hyjack and ask for kasab to be released while we keep hankering aftr Hafeez. Hang Kasab
mercuryman3a (Jonam Ihtapirt) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:51:23 -0000
@suhasinih One day someone will do a kidnapping or a hyjack and ask for kasab to be released while we keep hankering aftr Hafeez. Hang Kasab
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