Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - kidnap
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Kidnap
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v.tr. (kidnapped, kidnapping; US kidnaped, kidnaping) 1 carry off (a person etc.) by illegal force or fraud esp. to obtain a ransom. 2 steal (a child). Derivatives kidnapper n. Etymology: back-form. f. kidnapper f. KID(1) + nap = NAB ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. киднэппинг, похищение людей 2. похищать людей (для получения выкупа) 3. насильно или обманом увозить (кого-л; обыкн. для получения выкупа) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(kidnaps, kidnapping, kidnapped) Note: in AM, also use 'kidnaped', 'kidnaping' 1. To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government. Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him... They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill... The kidnapped man was said to have been seized by five people. VERB: V n, V, V-ed • kidnapper (kidnappers) His kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison. N-COUNT • kidnapping (kidnappings) Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping. N-VAR 2. Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. He was charged with the kidnap of a 25 year-old woman. = abduction N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v kidnapped, kidnapping also kidnaped, kidnaping AmE to take someone away illegally, usually by force, in order to get money for returning them - kidnapper n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1673, compound of kid (n.) "child" and nap "snatch away," variant of nab; originally "stealing children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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