porwać — meaning in English

English meaning

• disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
• kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.

Senses

porwać is used for these senses in English:

• disappear (transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
• kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]

disappear — full definition

1. verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
2. verb To go missing, especially suddenly and without explanation.
3. verb (transitive, informal) To make someone vanish, especially by abducting or killing them for political reasons.

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