kāwhaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to remove by force, hijack, carry off, abduct, kidnap.
Kua kāwhakina tētahi wahine Pākehā e ngā kaipāhua o Makerōnia, i Ūropi (TP 1/12/1901:7). / A Pākehā woman has been abducted by Macedonian kidnappers in Europe.
Synonyms: kāhaki
2. (verb) to flee.
Nō te paunga o te toru marama, ka tahuri te iwi rā ki te kāwhaki i a rātou i te awatea ana; ka hinga rā hoki te pā (TTR 1990:342). / After three months the people set about escaping in the daylight and the pā fell.
