kidnap

kid·nap

K0056000 (kĭd′năp′)tr.v. kid·napped, kid·nap·ping, kid·naps or kid·naped or kid·nap·ing To abduct or confine (a person) forcibly, by threat of force, or by deceit, without the authority of law.

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[kid, child + nap, to snatch (perhaps variant of nab or of Scandinavian origin ).]

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kid′nap·pee′, kid′nap·ee′ (kĭd′nă-pē′) n.kid′nap′ n.kid′nap′per, kid′nap′er n.Word History: Kidnapper seems to have originated among those who perpetrate this crime. We know this because kid and napper, the two parts of the compound, were slang of the sort that criminals used. Kid, which still has an informal air, was considered low slang when kidnapper was formed, and napper is obsolete slang for a thief, coming from the verb nap, "to steal." Nap is possibly a variant of nab, which also still has a slangy ring. In the second half of the 1600s, when the word kidnapper begins to appear in English, kidnappers plied their trade to secure laborers for plantations in colonies such as the ones in North America. The term later took on the broader sense that it has today. The verb kidnap begins to be attested a bit later than kidnapper and is possibly a back-formation from kidnapper—that is, the suffix -er was removed from kidnapper to create a new verb kidnap.

kidnap

(ˈkɪdnæp) vb, -naps, -napping or -napped, -naps, -naping or -naped (tr) to carry off and hold (a person), usually for ransom[C17: kid¹ + obsolete nap to steal; see nab] ˈkidnapper, ˈkidnaper n ˈkidnapping, ˈkidnaping n

kid•nap

(ˈkɪd næp)

v.t. -napped -naped, -nap•ping -nap•ing. to carry off (a person) by force or fraud, esp. for use as a hostage or to extract ransom; abduct. [1675–85; kid¹ + nap, variant of nab] kid`nap•pee′, kid`nap•ee′, n. kid′nap•per, kid′nap•er, n.

kidnap

Past participle: kidnapped
Gerund: kidnapping

Imperative
kidnap
kidnap

Present
I kidnap
you kidnap
he/she/it kidnaps
we kidnap
you kidnap
they kidnap

Preterite
I kidnapped
you kidnapped
he/she/it kidnapped
we kidnapped
you kidnapped
they kidnapped

Present Continuous
I am kidnapping
you are kidnapping
he/she/it is kidnapping
we are kidnapping
you are kidnapping
they are kidnapping

Present Perfect
I have kidnapped
you have kidnapped
he/she/it has kidnapped
we have kidnapped
you have kidnapped
they have kidnapped

Past Continuous
I was kidnapping
you were kidnapping
he/she/it was kidnapping
we were kidnapping
you were kidnapping
they were kidnapping

Past Perfect
I had kidnapped
you had kidnapped
he/she/it had kidnapped
we had kidnapped
you had kidnapped
they had kidnapped

Future
I will kidnap
you will kidnap
he/she/it will kidnap
we will kidnap
you will kidnap
they will kidnap

Future Perfect
I will have kidnapped
you will have kidnapped
he/she/it will have kidnapped
we will have kidnapped
you will have kidnapped
they will have kidnapped

Future Continuous
I will be kidnapping
you will be kidnapping
he/she/it will be kidnapping
we will be kidnapping
you will be kidnapping
they will be kidnapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been kidnapping
you have been kidnapping
he/she/it has been kidnapping
we have been kidnapping
you have been kidnapping
they have been kidnapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been kidnapping
you will have been kidnapping
he/she/it will have been kidnapping
we will have been kidnapping
you will have been kidnapping
they will have been kidnapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been kidnapping
you had been kidnapping
he/she/it had been kidnapping
we had been kidnapping
you had been kidnapping
they had been kidnapping

Conditional
I would kidnap
you would kidnap
he/she/it would kidnap
we would kidnap
you would kidnap
they would kidnap

Past Conditional
I would have kidnapped
you would have kidnapped
he/she/it would have kidnapped
we would have kidnapped
you would have kidnapped
they would have kidnapped

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

kidnap - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"abduct, nobble, snatchcrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"seize - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"shanghai, impress - take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

kidnap

verb abduct, remove, steal, capture, seize, snatch (slang), hijack, run off with, run away with, make off with, hold to ransom Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him.

kidnap

verbTo seize and detain (a person) unlawfully:abduct, snatch, spirit away.

Translations

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kidnap

(ˈkidnӕp) – past tense, past participle ˈkidnapped , (American) ˈkidnaped – verb to carry off (a person) by force, often demanding money in exchange for his safe return. He is very wealthy and lives in fear of his children being kidnapped. 綁架 绑架ˈkidnapper noun 綁架者 绑架者

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