Hook and Kidnap

Hook

Hook verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.

Usage example: the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them

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Kidnap and hook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kidnap" instead a verb "Hook".

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

Kidnap verb - To carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully.

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Hook and kidnap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hook" instead a verb "Kidnap".

Nearby Words: kidnapping, kidnapper, kidnaping

friend	hook friend	kidnap friend
hero	hook hero	kidnap hero
woman	hook woman	kidnap woman
people	hook people	kidnap people
Other words: bunch, way, dog, girls.

This scumbag likes to kidnap teenage girls, rape them, hook them on drugs and put them out on the street.

Source: Film / Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
To do this, they kidnap Judith, fake her death, and try to hook Darren up immediately after giving him the "sad news".

Source: Film / Saving Silverman
Police Are Useless: When Amazi-Girl is being dragged behind a kidnapper's car by her grappling hook, she hopes the police will try to arrest her for being a vigilante (at which point they'll be able to rescue the kidnap victim).

Source: Webcomic / Dumbing of Age

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