kidnap
1Kidnap — Pays d’origine Blois,  France Genre musical Punk rock Années d activité 1978 1991 …
2kidnap — kid·nap / kid ˌnap/ vt kid·napped or kid·naped / ˌnapt/, kid·nap·ping, or, kid·nap·ing, / ˌna piŋ/ [probably back formation from kidnapper, from kid child + obsolete napper thief]: to seize and confine or carry away by force or fraud and often… …
3Kidnap — Kid nap (k[i^]d n[a^]p ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped} (k[i^]d n[a^]pt ) or {Kidnapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.] To take (any one) by force or… …
4kidnap — (v.) 1680s, compound of KID (Cf. kid) (n.) child and nap snatch away, variant of NAB (Cf. nab); originally steal children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies. Related: Kidnapped; kidnapping …
5kidnap — *abduct …
6kidnap — has inflected forms kidnapped, kidnapping in BrE; in AmE the forms kidnaped, kidnaping are also used …
7kidnap — [v] abduct; hold for ransom body snatch*, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with*, pirate, remove, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai*, skyjack,… …
8kidnap — ► VERB (kidnapped, kidnapping; US also kidnaped, kidnaping) ▪ abduct and hold (someone) captive, typically to obtain a ransom. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of kidnapping. DERIVATIVES kidnapper noun …
9kidnap — [kid′nap΄] vt. kidnapped or kidnaped, kidnapping or kidnaping [ KID, n. 5 + dial. nap: see NAB] 1. to steal (a child) 2. to seize and hold or carry off (a person) against that person s will, by force or fraud, often for ransom kidnapper n …
10kidnap — [[t]kɪ̱dnæp[/t]] kidnaps, kidnapping, kidnapped (in AM, also use kidnaped, kidnaping) 1) VERB To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family,… …
