KIDNAPPER


Meaning of KIDNAPPER in English

Originally one who stole or decoyed children or apprentices from their parents or masters, to send them to the colonies; called also spiriting: but now used for all recruiting crimps for the king's troops, or those of the East India company, and agents for indenting servants for the plantations, &c.

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.