entführen

v/t

1. (Person) kidnap, abduct; (Flugzeug) hijack, bes. Am. auch skyjack

2. umg., hum. (jemandes Kugelschreiber etc.) liberate, appropriate, nick, run away with; dürfte ich Ihnen kurz einmal Ihren Mann entführen? may I borrow your husband for a moment?

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to carry off; to hijack; to skyjack; to abduct; to kidnap

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ent|füh|ren [ɛnt'fyːrən] ptp entführt

vt

jdn to abduct, to kidnap; Beute etc to carry off, to make off with; LKW, Flugzeug to hijack; Mädchen (mit Zustimmung zur Heirat) to elope with, to run off with; (hum inf = wegnehmen) to borrow (often hum)

sie ließ sich von ihrem Liebhaber entfǘhren — she eloped with her lover

wer hat mir denn meinen Bleistift entführt? (inf) — who's made off with my pencil? (inf)

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1) (to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap: The president has been abducted.) abduct

2) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) hijack

3) (to carry off (a person) by force, often demanding money in exchange for his safe return: He is very wealthy and lives in fear of his children being kidnapped.) kidnap

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ent·füh·ren *

vt

1. (mit Gewalt fortschaffen)

▪ jdn \entführen to abduct [or kidnap] sb

ein Fahrzeug/Flugzeug \entführen to hijack a car/plane

2. (fam: wegnehmen)

▪ jdm jdn/etw \entführen to steal sth/sb from sb, to make off with sb's sth/sb

darf ich Ihnen eben mal Ihre Kollegin \entführen? can I just steal your colleague for a moment?

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transitives Verb

1) kidnap, abduct <child etc.>; hijack <plane, lorry, etc.>

2) (scherzh.): (mitnehmen) steal; make off with

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entführen v/t

1. (Person) kidnap, abduct; (Flugzeug) hijack, besonders US auch skyjack

2. umg, hum (jemandes Kugelschreiber etc) liberate, appropriate, nick, run away with;

dürfte ich Ihnen kurz einmal Ihren Mann entführen? may I borrow your husband for a moment?

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transitives Verb

1) kidnap, abduct <child etc.>; hijack <plane, lorry, etc.>

2) (scherzh.): (mitnehmen) steal; make off with

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v.

to abduct v.

to hijack v.

to kidnap v.