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 Translation for 'to kidnap' from English to Portuguese
VERB   to kidnap | kidnapped / kidnaped | kidnapped / kidnaped
kidnapping / kidnaping | kidnaps
SYNO to abduct | to kidnap | to nobble | ...
raptarto kidnap
sequestrarto kidnap
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Translation for 'to kidnap' from English to Portuguese

to kidnap
raptar

sequestrar
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Usage Examples English
  • Originally, Booth and his small group of conspirators had plotted to kidnap Lincoln to aid the Confederate cause.
  • In 1779, during Cook's third exploratory voyage in the Pacific, tensions escalated between his men and the natives of Hawaiʻi, leading to Cook's death during his attempt to kidnap the island's ruling chief.
  • During a visit to Genosha by the students of Jean Grey's School for Gifted Youngsters' students organized by Beast and Kitty Pryde, Sabretooth and AOA Blob assaulted Kid Gladiator and Kid Omega in order to kidnap Genesis.
  • Also known to kidnap children at night to eat them.
  • ... Anderson), Piter De Vries discovers the Harkonnen heritage of Lady Jessica and her newborn son Paul, and attempts to kidnap and ransom the infant.

  • In an October 2020 interview with Fox 17 News, Sheriff Dar Leaf stated that the individuals charged in a plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer may have been attempting to effectuate a lawful arrest on Whitmer as opposed to a kidnapping.
  • In Greek mythology, Phereclus or Phereclos, son of Tecton, was the shipbuilder who constructed the boat that Paris used to kidnap Helen.
  • During the course of the investigation, Archer foils a plot by Spode's brother and Resistance member John Spode to kidnap his son as part of an attempt to blackmail him.
  • His guards instead arrest Acoetes of Maeonia, a sailor who confirms the divinity of Bacchus and tells how the crew of his ship ended up being turned into dolphins after trying to kidnap the young god.
  • A wild centaur named Nessus attempted to kidnap or rape Deianira as he was ferrying her across the river Euenos, but she was rescued by Heracles, who shot the centaur with a poisoned arrow.

  • In a scrapped scene from the film, Palpatine and Dooku claim that the latter arranged for the Tusken Raiders to kidnap and kill Anakin's mother (as seen in "Attack of the Clones"), motivating the young Jedi to kill Dooku.
  • In "The Calculus Affair", Syldavia's secret agents compete with archrival Bordurian agents to kidnap Professor Calculus and obtain the secrets to develop sound-based weapons.
  • In the Bye Plot of 1603, two Catholic priests planned to kidnap King James and hold him in the Tower of London until he agreed to be more tolerant towards Catholics.
  • Unaware of his departure, on October 6, Texians in Matagorda marched on Presidio La Bahía in Goliad to kidnap him and steal the $50,000 that was rumored to accompany him.
  • In his autobiography, Plummer said that Chapman was to have been a technical adviser on the film, but the French authorities would not allow him in the country because he was still wanted over an alleged plot to kidnap the Sultan of Morocco.

  • Slave hunters who tried to kidnap former slaves from Mexico could be taken to court or shot.
  • On 9 March 2005, Crowe revealed to "GQ" magazine that FBI agents had approached him prior to the 73rd Academy Awards and told him that the terrorist group al-Qaeda wanted to kidnap him.
  • Several authors have alleged a plot to kidnap Pius XII by the Nazis during their occupation of Rome in 1943 (Vatican City itself was not occupied); British historian Owen Chadwick and the Jesuit ADSS editor Rev.
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