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kidnap
[
kid
-nap
]
Origin
kid·nap
/
ˈkɪd
næp
/
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[
kid
-nap
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
-napped
or
-naped,
-nap·ping
or
-nap·ing.
to steal, carry off, or abduct by
force
or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
Origin:
1675–85;
kid
1
+
nap,
variant of
nab
Related forms
kid·nap·pee,
kid·nap·ee,
noun
kid·nap·per,
kid·nap·er,
noun
un·kid·naped,
adjective
un·kid·napped,
adjective
Can be confused:
hijack
,
kidnap,
shanghai
,
skyjack
.
Synonyms
seize, bear off, bear away.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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World English Dictionary
kidnap
(ˈkɪdnæp)
—
vb
, (
US
)
-naps
,
-napping
,
-napped
,
-naps
,
-naping
,
-naped
(
tr
) to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom
[C17:
kid
1
+ obsolete
nap
to steal; see
nab
]
'kidnapper
—
n
'kidnaper
—
n
'kidnapping
—
n
'kidnaping
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
kidnap
1673, compound of
kid
(n.) "child" and nap "snatch away," variant of
nab
; originally "stealing children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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