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Extortion vs Kidnapping - What's the difference?

extortion | kidnapping |

As nouns the difference between extortion and kidnapping

is that extortion is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats while kidnapping is the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

As a verb kidnapping is

present participle of lang=en.

extortion

English

Noun

(wikipedia extortion) (en noun)
  • The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

    • Synonyms

    * blackmail

    kidnapping

    English

    (wikipedia kidnapping)

    Alternative forms

    * kidnaping (US) , less common.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

    • See also

    * abduction ----