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Английский Этимологический словарь - kidnap

 
 

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Kidnap

kidnap
- 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."
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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
2.
  (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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   transitive verb  (-napped; also ~ed; -napping; also -naping)  Etymology: probably back-formation from ~per, from kid + obsolete napper thief  Date: 1682 to seize and detain or carry away by unlawful force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom  • ~pee or ~ee noun  • ~per also ~er noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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) ...
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  v.  1) украсть ребенка  2) насильно или обманом похитить (кого-л.) ...
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