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ˈdognapping, vbl. n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Also dog-napping.
[f. dog n.1 + kidnapping vbl. n.]
The stealing of dogs, either for a reward or ransom paid by their owners, or for sale.
1939Sun (Baltimore) 15 Sept. 15/2 The American Humane Association received today a plan for nation-wide identification of dogs by ‘nose-printing’ to eliminate ‘dognapping’. 1955W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston i. 48 This dog..sired eight champions. Among them was Champion Kid Boots Ace..who figured in a dognapping case. 1969New Scientist 20 Feb. 386/3 Dog-napping, when the pet is abducted not for sale but for ransom, is also developing in the States. 1973T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 46 Why's he here, then, assisting at yet another dognapping? 1984Christian Science Monitor 5 June 25 (heading) Collie stars in a tale of dog-napping and danger.
Also ˈdognapper, one who steals dogs; ˈdognap n., the act of dognapping; also as v. trans., to steal (a dog).
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §461/9 Dognaper, one who steals dogs for the reward. Ibid. §490/2 Dognap, the theft of a dog. Ibid. §490/8 Dognap, to steal a dog, usually to hold it for the reward. 1945Philadelphia Inquirer 16 Dec. s4/8 ‘Dog-nappers’, a dishonest group which steal a valuable dog and sell for a high profit. 1947in Amer. Speech (1948) XXIII. 28 Sidney [Nebraska] police believe the dog may have been dognapped but later escaped. 1969New Scientist 20 Feb. 386/3 A leading authority on pets has been moved to demand the death penalty for dog-nappers. 1978J. Wambaugh Black Marble iii. 26 There were high-wattage security lights..to safeguard Skinner Kennels from prowling dognappers. |