Kidnapping

thumb|upright|The abduction of Dinah (watercolor, by [[James Tissot)]]

practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry

unlawful secret disappearance

form of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

Łapanka (; English: "roundup" or "catching") was the Polish name for a World War II practice in German-occupied Poland, whereby the German SS, Wehrmacht and Gestapo rounded up civilians on the streets of Polish cities. The civilians arrested were in most cases chosen at random from among passers-by or inhabitants of city quarters surrounded by German forces prior to the action.

state-sponsored abduction

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Raptio (in archaic or literary English rendered as rape) is a Latin term for, among several other meanings for senses of "taking", the large-scale abduction of women: kidnapping for marriage, concubinage or sexual slavery. The equivalent German term is Frauenraub (literally woman robbery).

Shanghaiing or crimping is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.

Kidnapping men for marriage

abduction where a small immediate ransom is demanded, often by the victim being forced to withdraw money from their ATM account