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English translation: baby abduction

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German term or phrase:	Babydiebstahl
English translation:	baby abduction
Entered by:	Michael Bailey

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08:24 Jul 5, 2005

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German term or phrase: Babydiebstahl

is there another term other than "baby-snatching". I think "cradle-snatching" has an unnecessary nuance as it trivialises the issue.

Michael Bailey KudoZ activity Questions: 178 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 264 Austria
Local time: 00:20

baby abduction

Explanation:
The 25-year-old suspect and her 30-year-old husband in the baby abduction case
have been further remanded to facilitate police investigations.
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/ 2005/6/29/nation/20050629142940&sec=nation

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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 00:20

Grading comment

by a hair's breadth from hirselina!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

baby abduction

xxxCMJ_Trans

3 +5

Baby abduction

hirselina

Kidnapping

_TILLI

baby theft/infant theft

Michaela Blaha

Babynapping

David Moore

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

baby abduction

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 00:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

by a hair's breadth from hirselina!

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Baby abduction

Explanation:
Baby abduction - woman jailed. [Posted: Tue 17/02/2004]. By Deborah Condon.
A woman who abducted a newborn baby from a Cork maternity hospital in 2002, ...
www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=5630

hirselina
Local time: 00:20

27 mins confidence:

Babynapping

Explanation:
is another expression - not necessarily in the best of taste - sometimes used by the media to describe this.

And before disagreeing (I'm not even suggesting it's the best answer in this case - just something to remember), google it, and have a look at some of the 400+ references...

David Moore
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 35

33 mins confidence:

Kidnapping

Explanation:
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_TILLI
Local time: 00:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

3 hrs confidence:

baby theft/infant theft

Explanation:
Another expression for this.

Reference: http://www.moondragon.org/pregnancy/newbornsafety.html

Michaela Blaha
Local time: 00:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German

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