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[ kid-nap ] / ˈkɪd næp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR kidnap ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), kid·napped or kid·naped, kid·nap·ping or kid·nap·ing.to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom. Origin of kidnap1675–85; kid1 + nap, variant of nab SYNONYMS FOR kidnapseize, bear off, bear away. SEE SYNONYMS FOR kidnap ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM kidnapkid·nap·pee, kid·nap·ee, nounkid·nap·per, kid·nap·er, nounun·kid·naped, adjectiveun·kid·napped, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH kidnaphijack, kidnap , shanghai, skyjackWords nearby kidnapkiddy, kideo, kid glove, kid gloves, Kidman, kidnap, Kidnapped, kidney, kidney bean, kidney machine, kidney ore Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kidnapSo, it is disequilibrium behavior — as long as everyone pays, there is no need to kidnap anybody. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger (Ep. 432)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 24, 2020|Freakonomics Face recognition, used with careful limitations, could help identify children who’ve been kidnapped or trafficked. Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence|Karen Hao|September 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review Cut through zip tiesImagine you’ve been kidnapped and bound with zip ties! This essential survival tool can save your life 10 different ways|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|September 15, 2020|Popular Science Concerned she’d been kidnapped, people across Mexico mobilized to find her. Mexico’s Other Epidemic: Murdered Women|LGBTQ-Editor|May 30, 2020|No Straight News
Days later, seven-year-old Fátima Aldrighett – kidnapped while waiting for her mother to pick her up from school – was found naked in a plastic bag. Mexico’s Other Epidemic: Murdered Women|LGBTQ-Editor|May 30, 2020|No Straight News As long as there are states willing to negotiate payments with groups like ISIS, there will be a financial incentive to kidnap. To Kill the ISIS Monster You Gotta Do More Than Cut Off Its Money|Charlie Winter|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST This matters for trafficking because it costs a lot to kidnap someone and hold her against her will. Why It's Time to Legalize Prostitution|Cathy Reisenwitz|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST This man was taken from Libya and it is not legal to kidnap people from Libya. Libya Eyes Funding Al-Liby Defense In Terrorism Trial|Jamie Dettmer|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST As a result, Bo sent several hundred armed police to surround the U.S. Consulate, attempting to kidnap Wang. China’s Corruption Purge Continues Against Zhou Yongkang|Wenguang Huang, Pin Ho|September 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST The CIA, he says, could “render” (i.e., kidnap) him at any time, which is highly unlikely but not symptomatic of the paranoid. Edward Snowden, We Love You: Why We Should Resist the Hero Worship|Michael Moynihan|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Sometimes you know they kidnap a man, make him sign a check and then hold him prisoner until they cash it. Baseball Joe, Home Run King|Lester Chadwick Why should they kidnap two of the girls, as Jim thinks they did, unless for some special reason? The Adventure Girls at K Bar O|Clair Blank “Simply that they may try to kidnap one or all of us to get possession of the map,” he replied in a low voice. Captured by the Arabs|James H. Foster "And so, thoughtless as you Americans are continually, you gave us an excellent chance to kidnap you," he went on. Dave Dawson at Truk|Robert Sydney Bowen Why kidnap us in the dark of night, and at a lonely spot like the one where we were? Dave Dawson at Truk|Robert Sydney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for kidnap
verb -naps, -napping or -napped or US -naps, -naping or -naped(tr) to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom Derived forms of kidnapkidnapper or US kidnaper, nounkidnapping or US kidnaping, nounWord Origin for kidnapC17: kid 1 + obsolete nap to steal; see nab Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to kidnapcapture, hijack, snatch, steal, seize, lure, coax, seduce, decoy, shanghai, impress, remove, inveigh, entice, waylay, grab, pirate, skyjack, bundle off, carry away |