enlèvement — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abduction noun The crime of taking a person away by force or deception, typically to hold them against their will.
- kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
- kidnapping noun The crime of illegally seizing and holding a person against their will, often for ransom.
- rapture noun A feeling of intense joy or delight, often so strong it feels overwhelming.
- removal noun The act of taking something away or getting rid of it.
Senses
enlèvement is used for these senses in English:
- Rapture (Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.
- abduction Leading away; a carrying away. [from early 17th century.]
- abduction (legal) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18th century.]
- kidnap The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
- kidnapping (crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
- removal The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
abduction — full definition
- noun The crime of taking a person away by force or deception, typically to hold them against their will.
- noun (anatomy) The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.