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時事英語キーワード [No.51-No.100]

[No.63] kidnap

~を誘拐する・さらう

<to illegally take someone somewhere by force and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money for returning them.>

(n) kidnapping
+ kidnapper →誘拐犯,人さらい

▷ Two Japanese businessmen were kidnapped by terrorists last week. →先週、二人の日本人ビジネスマンが誘拐された。
▷ a series of kidnappings →一連の誘拐(事件)
▷ The kidnapper is demanding a ransom of $1 million. →誘拐犯は100万ドルの身代金を要求している。