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tiger kidnap

tiger kidnap
 n.— «In western Europe the threat is more from “tiger” kidnaps, in which, for example, the wife of a bank manager is held hostage to force him to open the safe.» —“On the trail of the fraudsters” by Grania Langdon-Down Financial Times Apr. 8, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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