KIDNAP


Meaning of KIDNAP in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.