I. ˈkidˌnap transitive verb
( kidnapped or kidnaped ; kidnapped or kidnaped ; kidnapping or kidnaping ; kidnaps )
Etymology: probably back-formation from kidnapper
1. obsolete : to carry off to enforced labor especially in the British colonies in America
2.
a. : to carry (an unwilling person) away by unlawful force or fraud or to seize and detain for the purpose of so carrying away — compare abduction 2
b. : to seize and carry or take away often wrongly
kidnapped the children for the afternoon
quite a business kidnapping pet dogs and watching the “Lost” columns for reward notices — T.W.Duncan
kidnapping a sizable coastwise steamer — National Geographic
II. adjective
: of, relating to, or being a kidnapping
a kidnap plot
the kidnap car