English Dictionary: kidnaped | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |