secuestro
Meaning
secuestrar
- to kidnap, to abduct
- to hijack (of a vehicle)
- to sequester, seize, confiscate
Concepts
pieces of bone
forcible abduction
hostage taking
elopment
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
se‧cues‧tro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seˈkwestɾo/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“a depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”). By surface analysis, secuestrar + -o.
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