asportation
English
Etymology
Latin asportatio
Noun
asportation (countable and uncountable, plural asportations)
- (law) The illegal movement of goods.
- 2011, James W. H. McCord, Criminal Law and Procedure for the Paralegal, page 128:
- Kidnapping usually includes the seizing, confining, and carrying away (asportation) of another by force, threat, or deception, and without consent.
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