Illustration: In the service lane behind an apartment building, two adults forcibly drag another adult toward the open rear door of a van. The captive plants both heels against the pavement and twists backward, reaching toward a dropped grocery bag.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拉ら致ち

rachi

to abduct, to kidnap

Example sentences

  1. メアリーは海賊かいぞくに拉致らちされた。

    Mary was kidnapped by pirates.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 北朝鮮きたちょうせんによる拉致らちは、国家こっかによる最悪さいあくの犯罪はんざいのひとつだ。

    Abduction by North Korea is one of the worst crimes by a state.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 今日きょうのトピックは「北朝鮮きたちょうせんによる日本人にっぽんじん拉致らち問題もんだい」です。

    Today’s topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 拉致

  • 拉Latin; kidnapOnラツ・ラ・ロウKunらっする・ひしぐ・くだく
  • 致doth; doOnチKunいたす

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