kidnapping lite
n.— «Abductions for pay have become common occurrences over the past few years in desperately poor Haiti. Experts have taken to calling the phenomenon “fast-food kidnapping” or “kidnapping lite.”» —“Kidnapping victim returns to Montreal” by Bertrand Marotte in Montreal Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) June 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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