kidnapper

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 Kid, which still has an informal air, was considered low slang when kidnapper was formed, and napper is obsolete slang for a thief, coming from the verb nap, "to steal."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.

Thesaurus

Noun

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kidnapper - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)abductor, kidnaper, snatchercaptor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animalscriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimecrimper, crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiersseizer, shanghaier - a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship

Translations

绑架者

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