拉致

らち

Also written らっち

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

Kanji

• 拉 abduct. Read as ラ.
• 致 bring about. Read as チ.

Example sentences

• 彼は四人の警官によって深夜拉致された。
  He was taken away by four police officers in the middle of the night.
• メアリーは海賊に拉致された。
  Mary was kidnapped by pirates.
• 彼女はタトエバ星から来た宇宙人に拉致された。
  She was abducted by aliens from the planet Tatoeba.

Common phrases

• 拉致を認める

Words containing 拉致

• 拉致問題 (らちもんだい) abduction issue (esp. of those Japanese abducted by North Korea)
• 拉致被害者 (らちひがいしゃ) abduction victims
• 拉致る (らちる) to kidnap

And 1 more.

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