See Also: kidnapping(encyclopedia)
KIDNAPPING(law)

regrade (iou) and kidnapping (sh)


regrade (iou)



regrade verb trans. E19.
[from RE- + GRADE verb.]
Grade again or differently.
regrading noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a new or different grade: E20.

kidnapping (sh)




Crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude, in an attempt to demand a ransom, or in furtherance of another crime.

Most countries consider it a grave offense punishable by a long prison sentence or death.