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Discover LudwigThe word "kidnaper" is not correct; the correct spelling is "kidnapper." It is used to refer to someone who unlawfully seizes and carries away a person by force or fraud.
Example: "The police are searching for the kidnapper who took the child from the park." Alternatives include "abductor" or "captor."
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The Italian women felt that it was a "gesture of friendship, of peace" when their kidnapers gave negotiator Scelli a pistol to take home.
Many security companies hold classes for business executives on how to elude kidnapers; generally, the instruction includes an analysis of home and office security and reminders to vary travel routes and times and to make sure, before setting out, that no unfamiliar people are lurking down the street.
Her turn in "Thirteen" is reminiscent of Jodie Foster's performance as a painfully young prostitute in "Taxi Driver," which includes a seduction scene by a kidnaper/rapist that "The Missing" -- and its predecessor, "The Searchers" -- were afraid to include.
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