Usually means: Abducting person illegally for ransom.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word kidnaping:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. kidnaping: Merriam-Webster
  2. kidnaping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kidnaping: Collins English Dictionary
  4. kidnaping: Vocabulary.com
  5. kidnaping: Wordnik
  6. kidnaping: Wiktionary
  7. kidnaping: Dictionary.com
  8. kidnaping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Kidnaping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Kidnaping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. kidnaping: FreeDictionary.org
  12. kidnaping: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. kidnaping: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. kidnaping: Legal dictionary

(Note: See kidnap as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Kidnaping)

verb:  (US) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
noun:  (US, proscribed) Alternative spelling of kidnapping [(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.]

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