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kidnapping
kidnapping in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. A parent whose legal rights to custody of a child have been revoked can be guilty of the crim... Read more
Terry Waite
Terry Waite (Terence Waite), 1939-, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in Iran (1981) and Libya (1985). His later efforts to free U.S. hostages in Beirut were unsuccessful and were compromi... Read more
Lady of the Lake
Lady of the Lake in Arthurian legend , a misty, supernatural figure endowed with magic powers, who gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur. She inhabited a castle in an underwater kingdom. According to one legend she kidnapped the infant Launcelot and brought him to her castle where he lived unt... Read more
Front de Libération du Québec
Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) , Canadian separatist group formed in the 1960s to bring about the independence of Quebec, which has a French heritage, from the rest of Canada, which has a primarily British tradition. Using public demonstrations and terrorist activities, the FLQ ... Read more
Sir Launcelot
Sir Launcelot , in Arthurian legend , bravest and most celebrated knight at the court of King Arthur. He was kidnapped as an infant by the mysterious Lady of the Lake , from whom he received his education and took his title, Launcelot of the Lake. As a young man he went to the court of King Arthur... Read more
Aldo Moro
Aldo Moro , 1916-78, Italian political leader. A lawyer, he entered national politics in 1946, when he was elected to the constituent assembly as a member of the Christian Democratic party. As minister of justice (1955-57), he worked to reform the prison system, strengthening regulations forbidding ... Read more
Tupamaros
Tupamaros , urban guerrilla organization and political party in Uruguay, also known as the National Liberation Army. Named for the Inca revolutionist, Tupac Amaru , it became active as a guerrilla force in the early 1960s, distributing stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo. By the la... Read more
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte , 1915-2006, president and dictator of Chile (1973-90). An army general who served as chief of staff (1972-73) and commander of the army (1973), he led the coup that overthrew socialist president Salvador Allende (Sept., 1973). As head of a four-man military junta, he resor... Read more
James Hepburn Bothwell, 4th earl of
James Hepburn Bothwell, 4th earl of , 1536?-1578, Scottish nobleman; third husband of Mary Queen of Scots . Though a Protestant, he was a strong partisan of the Catholic regent, Mary of Guise, mother of Mary Queen of Scots. In 1562, Bothwell's old enemy, James Hamilton, earl of Arran, accused Bothw... Read more
Chang Hsüeh-liang
Chang Hsüeh-liang or Zhang Xueliang , 1898-2001, Chinese warlord , son of Chang Tso-lin . On the death (1928) of his father, he succeeded as military governor of Manchuria. He was then known as Chang Hsiao-liang but later changed his name. Chang supported Chiang Kai-shek against a rebel... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "kidnapping"

Kidnapping
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law KIDNAPPING The crime of unlawfully seizing and...person away at a later time. The law of kidnapping is difficult to define with precision...jurisdiction. Most state and federal kidnapping statutes define the term kidnapping...
Lindbergh Kidnapping
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Lindbergh Kidnapping The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. on the evening of March 1...arrest, trial and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh child has become one of the most...
kidnapping
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition kidnapping in law, the taking away of a person...him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political...attempt to abduct. Under common law kidnapping was only a misdemeanor , but in most...
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Arizona, April 22, 1965
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...98 Ariz. 18 Prosecution on count of kidnapping and rape. The Superior Court, Maricopa...Affirmed. Reference to "rape" in kidnapping count of information against defendant...where rape was alleged to be purpose of kidnapping. A.R.S. § 13 –...
Mortara Abduction
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...immediate family tragedy occasioned by the kidnapping, the event had profound historical...John Paul II beatified Pius IX. The kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara was not the act of...bibliography Kertzer, David I. 1997. The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara . New York: Knopf...
National Liberation Army (ELN)—Colombia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...in 1999 following a campaign of mass kidnappings — each involving at least...Organization activities. The ELN uses kidnapping, hijacking, bombing, extortion...ELN annually conducts hundreds of kidnappings for ransom, often targeting foreign...
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...responsible for bombings, murder, kidnapping, extortion, hijacking, as well...activists on Venezuelan territory after kidnapping them in Colombia. Foreign citizens often are targets of FARC kidnappings for ransom. The group has well...
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Society, the first woman so honored. Kidnapping On June 22, 1930, at the age of 24...Lindbergh Baby" became the most famous kidnapping in the country's history. The publicity...sensationalism and the publicity surrounding the kidnapping and the trial, Anne and her family...
Chessman, Caryl
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...eighteen separate counts, including kidnapping, robbery, sexual mistreatment, and...law in 1933 in response to the heinous kidnapping and murder of the infant son of aviator...law required capital punishment for a kidnapping in which the victim was inflicted with...
Amistad Mutiny
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...whatever means possible to attain freedom after their illegal kidnapping and enslavement. The abolitionists sought a writ of habeas...S. Grampus waited in vain. Judge Judson ordered that the kidnapping and enslavement had been illegal and that the United States...

Dictionary entries related to "kidnapping"

Kidnapping
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...expanded federal authority over kidnapping with its presumption that...of the twentieth century, kidnapping stories encompassed an ever...recalled politically motivated kidnappings in other countries. Several...incumbent Jimmy Carter. The kidnapping of U.S. businesspeople...
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE. What the media of the depression era hailed as "the...not returned. In response, Congress passed the Lindbergh Kidnapping Law of 1932, which made it a federal crime to take a kidnap...
Prigg v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Prigg was subsequently convicted of kidnapping, but, in 1842, the U.S. Supreme...or the legal authority to prevent the kidnapping of blacks. Story further endangered...protect their free black citizens from kidnapping. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney concurred...
Personal Liberty Laws
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...as "personal liberty laws, " that were designed to prevent the kidnapping of free blacks as well as to provide a fair process for the return of actual fugitives. The kidnapping of a number of free black children in Philadelphia, some of whom...
Terrorism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...individuals and groups that used assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings to undermine popular support for what the terrorists saw...1960s, extreme-left groups like the Weathermen engaged in kidnapping and bombings to protest the Vietnam War, while groups like...
Deutschland im Herbst
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...military forces. The headlines told of a plane hijacking and the kidnapping and subsequent murder of German industrialist Hans-Martin...had been imprisoned for terrorist acts. After the failed kidnapping effort resulted in Schleyer's murder, the leaders of the...
Lindbergh law
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Lindbergh law in the US, a law making kidnapping a federal offence if the victim is taken across a state line...post. The law was passed by Congress in response to the kidnapping and death of the infant son of the American aviator Charles...
Fury
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...En route to meet his fiancée, Katherine Grant (Sylvia Sidney), Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy) is arrested for kidnapping on the basis of circumstantial evidence (peanuts, a five dollar bill). An anxious Katherine arrives on the scene just...
Sennett, Mack
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...role); The Engagement Ring ; A Voice from the Deep ; Hot Stuff ; Oh, Those Eyes ; Those Hicksville Boys ; Their First Kidnapping Case (+ role); Help, Help ; The Brave Hunter ; Won by a Fish ; The Leading Man ; The Fickle Spaniard ; When the Fire Bells...
Gardner, Ava
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Cosmatos) (as Nicole); The Sentinel (Winner) (as Miss Logan) 1979 City on Fire (Rakoff) (as Maggie Garyson) 1980 The Kidnapping of the President (Mendeluk) (as Beth Richards) 1981 Priest of Love (Miles) (as Mabel Dodge Luhan) 1982 Regina (Roma...

Thesaurus entries related to "kidnapping"

seizure
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...commandeering, appropriation, sequestration.   2. the seizure of the hostage/van synonyms : snatching, abduction, kidnapping, hijacking.   3. the seizure of the criminals synonyms : arrest, apprehension; inf. collaring, nabbing.
rape
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...marauding, sacking, ransacking, rapine.   3. the rape of the Sabine women synonyms : abduction, carrying off, kidnapping, seizure, capture.   4. the rape of democracy synonyms : violation, abuse, defilement, desecration.
stealing
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...the stealing of other people's work synonyms : plagiarizing, copying, piracy, appropriation, poaching; inf. lifting.   3. the stealing of children synonyms : kidnapping, snatching, abduction, seizure, shanghaiing.
crime
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus crime • noun   1. kidnapping is a very serious crime synonyms : offense, unlawful act, illegal act, felony, misdemeanor, misdeed, wrong; informal no...

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Kidnapping: how can EAPs intervene? By understanding the cultures of societies and workplaces and the differing perspectives of criminals and their victims, EA professionals can minimize the impact of kidnappings on workers, their families, and their employers.(Employee Assistance Program)(Employee Assistance)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...be other grounds for kidnappings. Following are the most usual types of kidnappings in Colombia: * Kidnapping for ransom, with the...considerations about kidnappings as well as how they should handle the kidnapping of a close person...
KIDNAPPINGS STILL PLAGUE MEXICO
News Wire article from: United Press International; 6/9/2004; 700+ words ; ...06-09-2004 Kidnappings still plague Mexico...via COMTEX) -- Kidnapping in Mexico has long...the country's kidnappings are on the decline...four remaining kidnapping groups in the country...highest number of kidnappings registered each...The phenomenon of kidnapping in Mexico is ...
Kidnappings in Colombia taint nation's fragile hopes for peace.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/31/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the explosion in kidnappings "the main enemy...the process. "Kidnapping has no political...crime like these kidnappings and extortion...Miracle Fishing kidnapping was reported the very next day, and kidnappings and other violence...
POLITICS-COLOMBIA: KIDNAPPINGS ON THE RISE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/4/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Individual Freedom, said "kidnapping is directly related...the proportion of kidnappings attributed to guerrillas...operations of his anti-kidnapping group have contributed...689 cases as economic kidnappings and 734 cases as political...
Kidnapping at all-time low in 2008.
News Wire article from: Philippines News Agency; 10/12/2008; 677 words ; ...sincerity of law enforcement to stem kidnapping and other heinous crimes. William Ho...community has been relieved of the threat of kidnapping, which has been a top peace and order...banner year in the government's anti-kidnapping campaign, with only nine kidnapping...
KIDNAPPING THREAT IS WITHIN FAMILY 76 PERCENT OF CASES INVOLVE SOMEONE THE CHILD KNOWS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 7/25/2000; 597 words ; ...together as non-family kidnappings. Kidnapping by acquaintances involves...These are often kidnappings by boyfriends or ex...of acquaintance-kidnapping victims were ages...of the acquaintance kidnappings led to a victim injury...
Insurance cover against kidnapping has many takers
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/19/2007; 700+ words ; ...recorded 2,256 cases of kidnapping in 2006. Figures received...about 1,800 cases of kidnappings registered in Bihar...that 4,849 cases of kidnapping took place in Bihar...This high figure of kidnappings in Bihar in one year...
Mexican kidnapping industry profits from mistrust of police.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 10/11/2002; 700+ words ; ...crime not to report a kidnapping. But they quickly retracted...only to Colombia in kidnappings. Officials say the...know of at least one kidnapping every day, although...executives to "express" kidnappings, where a victim is...
Police Tackle Kidnapping Surge in Trinidad
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/17/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Investigator, Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Trinidad...2005 with 58 kidnappings was totally unacceptable...with the anti-kidnapping unit of the Trinidad...Trinidad's kidnapping industry. There...only been seven kidnappings so far this year...
LATIN AMERICA: THE KIDNAPPING 'INDUSTRY' IS BOOMING
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 8/20/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...GIN) -- The kidnapping industry is flourishing...The number of kidnappings is also increasing...Latin America, kidnapping began to be practiced...of traditional kidnappings has gradually increased...Ministry adviser. But kidnappings are also committed...modus operandi of kidnapping ...