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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In international law. the seizure by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, and the holding of them, to compel the performance of an act by the latter in favor or the former. Also androlepsy.

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  • Governmental kidnapping for political purposes. (from Phrontistery)

    May 15, 2008

  • JM is attending a workshop on Androlepsia for Fun and Profit

    August 13, 2010