Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person for ransom or in furtherance of another crime. In the terminology of the common law in many jurisdictions, the crime of kidnapping is labelled abduction when the victim is a woman. List of famous kidnappings This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.