secuestrar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
- hijack verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.
- kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
Senses
secuestrar is used for these senses in English:
- 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.]
- carjack (transitive) To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).
- hijack To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
- kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
abduct — full definition
- verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
- verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.
hijack — full definition
- verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.
- verb To take control of a process, event, or resource and redirect it for a different purpose.
- noun An act of hijacking; an illegal seizure of a vehicle or process.