Taking or takings may refer to:
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Theft
Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word ''theft'' is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for so ...
, illicit taking
* The acquisition of land under
eminent domain
Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia, Singapore), compulsory purchase/acquisition (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Austr ...
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Take (hunting) or taking, an action that adversely affects a species
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Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful confinement of a person against their will, often including transportation/ asportation. The asportation and abduction element is typically but not necessarily conducted by means of force or fear: the ...
of persons
See also
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Take (disambiguation)
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Taken (disambiguation)
Taken may refer to:
People
* Floris Takens (1940-2010), Dutch mathematician
Arts, entertainment, and media
''Taken'' film and television franchise
* ''Taken'' (franchise), a trilogy of action films starring Liam Neeson
** ''Taken'' (film), the ...
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Took (disambiguation)
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Acquisition (disambiguation)
Acquisition may refer to:
* Takeover, the purchase of one company by another
* Mergers and acquisitions, transactions in which the ownership of companies or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities
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Expropriation
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to priv ...
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Resumption (disambiguation)
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