kidnap
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transitive verb \ˈkid-ˌnap\kid·napped also kid·naped\-ˌnapt\kid·nap·ping also kid·nap·ing
Definition of KIDNAP
: to seize and detain or carry away by unlawful force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom
— kid·nap·pee or kid·nap·ee \ˌkid-ˌna-ˈpē\ noun
— kid·nap·per also kid·nap·er noun
Examples of KIDNAP
- <the child of the wealthy industrialist was kidnapped and held for ransom>
Origin of KIDNAP
probably back-formation from kidnapper, from kid + obsolete napper thief
First Known Use: 1682
Related to KIDNAP
- Synonyms
- abduct, make away with, make off with, run off with
Rhymes with KIDNAP
ASCAP, backslap, backwrap, bitmap, blackcap, bootstrap, burlap, Carnap, catnap, cell sap, claptrap, death cap, death trap, dunce cap, dognap, earflap, entrap, enwrap, firetrap, foolscap, gelcap, gift wrap, gun lap, heeltap, hubcap, ice cap, jockstrap, kneecap, lagniappe, light trap, livetrap, love tap, madcap, mantrap, mayhap, mishap, mobcap, mousetrap, mud flap, nightcap, on tap, pace lap, pinesap, rattrap, recap, redcap, remap, riprap, road map, root cap, sand trap, shiplap, shrink-wrap, skullcap, skycap, snowcap, spark gap, speed trap, steel-trap, stopgap, toe cap, unsnap, unstrap, unwrap, watch cap, whitecap, wind gap, winesap, wiretap, word wrap
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