Hyphenation of kidnapping

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word kidnapping? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

kid-nap-ping

Definitions of kidnapping:

1.	(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
2.	Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom The industrialist's son was kidnapped

Synonyms of kidnapping:

noun	snatch, capture, seizure

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.