Entführung

abduction, kidnapping

noun ENT-fue-rung Rare

Usage Note

Entführung (§ 239a StGB) means abducting a person for ransom or to coerce others; Kindesentführung (child abduction) is treated with particular severity. The verb is entführen and the perpetrator is Entführer.

Examples

"Die Polizei konnte das Entführungsopfer unverletzt befreien."

Natural Translation

The police were able to free the abduction victim unharmed.

Literal Translation

The police could the abduction-victim unharmed free.

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