secuestrar

v.

1 to kidnap.

2 to hijack.

3 to seize.

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secuestrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (personas) to kidnap; (avión) to hijack

2 DERECHO to sequester, seize, confiscate

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verb

1) to kidnap

2) hijack

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VT

1) [+ persona] to kidnap

2) [+ avión] to hijack

3) (Jur) to seize, confiscate

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verbo transitivo

a) <persona> to kidnap; <avión> to hijack

b) <periódico/revista> to seize; <bienes> to sequestrate, confiscate

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= hold + hostage, hijack, kidnap, abduct.

Ex. The author recounts some cases where librarians have been killed or held hostage, and the lessons learned from these incidents.

Ex. Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.

Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

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verbo transitivo

a) <persona> to kidnap; <avión> to hijack

b) <periódico/revista> to seize; <bienes> to sequestrate, confiscate

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= hold + hostage, hijack, kidnap, abduct.

Ex: The author recounts some cases where librarians have been killed or held hostage, and the lessons learned from these incidents.

Ex: Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.

Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

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secuestrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹persona› to kidnap; ‹avión› to hijack

2 ‹periódico/revista› to seize; ‹bienes› to sequestrate, confiscate

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secuestrar (conjugate secuestrar) verbo transitivo ‹persona› to kidnap;
‹avión› to hijack
secuestrar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to kidnap
2 (un vehículo) to hijack
3 Jur (una edición, una publicación) to confiscate
'secuestrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
raptar
English:
abduct
- conspiracy
- hijack
- kidnap
- seize
- snatch

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secuestrar vt

1. [raptar] to kidnap;

[avión, barco] to hijack

2. [bienes, publicación] to seize

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secuestrar

v/t barco, avión hijack; persona kidnap, abduct

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secuestrar vt

1) raptar: to kidnap, to abduct

2) : to hijack, to commandeer

3) confiscar: to confiscate, to seize

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secuestrar vb

1. (persona) to kidnap [pt. & pp. kidnapped]

2. (avión) to hijack