menculik — meaning in English
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English meaning
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abduct
verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
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kidnap
verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
Senses
menculik is used for these senses in English:
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abduct
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
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kidnap
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
abduct — full definition
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verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
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verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.
