kidnap : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kidnap	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kidnap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kidnap v take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" Synonym(s): kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kidnap \Kid"nap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped}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 fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott. You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. --Whately. Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.