KIDNAPPING

kidnapping

kidnapping. 1. At common law, the crime of forcibly abducting a person from his or her own country and sending the person to another. • This offense amounted to false imprisonment aggravated by moving the victim to another country. 2. The crime of seizing and taking away a person by force or fraud. — Also […]

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kidnap(p)ing

kidnap(p)ing n. 绑架罪 早期普通法中,绑架罪是指违反他人意志或其合法监护人的意志而将其劫持或偷运至另一地、另一国或秘密隐藏的犯罪行为的统称,是轻罪。现代制定法中的绑架罪是重罪,通常被认为是加重情节的非法拘禁〔false imprisonment〕,并取消了「国界」这一构成要件,转而认为暴力、威胁、欺诈、恐吓等手段、违背他人意志、非法带走等为绑架罪的重要构成条件。在美国,绑架罪是指具有下列目的之一的使他人离开或远离其居住所、营业所或将其秘密隐藏于某地的行为:1勒索赎金或报酬;以人质作为挡箭牌;2为方便犯重罪或犯罪后逃跑;3给受害者或他人造成身体伤害或恐吓受害者;4以此来干涉国家政治职能。在现代社会中,政治极端分子经常采用绑架手段以取得政府让步,例如释放政治犯等。

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