KIDNAP

[kid.nap] vt -napped or -naped ; -nap.ping or -nap.ing [prob. back-formation fr. kidnapper, fr. kid + obs. napper thief] (1682): 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 n -- kid.nap.per or kid.nap.er n