kidnap

English

Etymology

From kid +‎ nap (“to nab; to grab”)

Verb

kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or kidnaped)

(transitive) To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.
- 2002 September 6, Jess Harnell as Jerry and Katie Leigh as Alexandra “Alex”, “Model Citizens”, in Totally Spies!‎, season 1, episode 9, written by Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, Teletoon, Marathon Media:
  Hello, ladies. How’s the Big Apple?
  Rotten, Jerry. Clover’s been kidnapped.
  Oh dear. That’s the second time this month.

Translations

to seize and detain a person unlawfully

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: خَطَفَ‎‎ (ḵaṭafa)
Armenian: առեւանգել (aṙewangel)
Aromanian: arachiu, arãchescu
Belarusian: выкрада́ць impf (vykradácʹ), вы́красці pf (výkrasci)
Bulgarian: похищавам (bg) impf (pohištavam)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: segrestar (ca), raptar (ca) (with sexual intent)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 綁架 (zh), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 拐帶 (zh), 拐带 (zh) (guǎidài), 綁票 (zh), 绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào)
Czech: unést (cs)
Dutch: ontvoeren (nl), kidnappen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kidnapata (fi), kaapata (fi), siepata (fi)
French: kidnapper (fr), ravir (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: entführen (de)
Greek: απάγω (el) (apágo)
Hebrew: חטף‎‎ (he) (ḥataf)
Hungarian: elrabol (hu), embert rabol
Ido: kidnapar (io), raptar (io)
Indonesian: menculik (id)
Interlingua: sequestrar
Italian: rapire (it), sequestrare (it)
Japanese: 誘拐する (ja) (ゆうかいする, yūkai suru), 攫う (さらう, sarau)

Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 채가다 (chaegada), 훔치다 (ko) (humchida)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ڕفاندن‎‎
Latvian: nolaupīšana f
Maltese: ħataf
Maori: mautāhae, tipua, tupua
Norman: enlever
Norwegian: kidnappe
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: porwać (pl)
Portuguese: sequestrar (pt)
Russian: похища́ть (ru) impf (poxiščátʹ), похи́тить (ru) pf (poxítitʹ), красть (ru) impf (krastʹ), укра́сть (ru) pf (ukrástʹ), выкра́дывать (ru) impf (vykrádyvatʹ), вы́красть (ru) pf (výkrastʹ), ворова́ть (ru) impf (vorovátʹ), сворова́ть (ru) pf (svorovátʹ)
Sardinian: arpiài
Serbo-Croatian: oteti (sh)
Slovak: uniesť pf
Spanish: secuestrar (es), raptar (es) (con fines sexuales)
Swahili: teka nyara (sw)
Swedish: kidnappa (sv)
Thai: ลักพาตัว (lák-paa-dtuua)
Tibetan: ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས (jag khrid byas)
Turkish: kaçırmak (tr)
Ukrainian: викрада́ти impf (vykradáty), ви́красти pf (výkrasty)
Vietnamese: bắt cóc (vi)

Noun

kidnap (plural kidnaps)

An instance of kidnapping.

Related terms

kidnapper, kidnaper
kidnappee, kidnapee

Translations

an instance of kidnapping

Arabic: خَطْف‎‎ m (ḵaṭf)
Catalan: segrest, rapte (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 綁架 (zh), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 誘拐 (zh), 诱拐 (zh) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙 (zh), 拐骗 (zh) (guǎipiàn), 綁票 (zh), 绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào)
Czech: únos (cs) m
Finnish: kidnappaus (fi), sieppaus (fi)
French: enlèvement (fr), kidnapping (fr)
German: Entführung (de) f, Menschenraub m, Kinderraub m
Hebrew: חטיפה‎‎ (ḥatifa)
Hungarian: emberrablás (hu)
Ido: rapto (io)
Indonesian: penculikan (id)
Interlingua: sequestro

Italian: sequestro (it), rapimento (it)
Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai), 拉致 (ja) (らち, rachi)
Korean: 납치 (ko) (napchi) (拉致 (ko))
Latvian: nolaupīt
Polish: porwanie (pl) n
Portuguese: sequestro (pt)
Russian: похище́ние (ru) n (poxiščénije)
Serbo-Croatian: otmica (sh) f
Spanish: secuestro (es), rapto (es)
Swahili: teka nyara (sw)
Swedish: kidnappning (sv) c
Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

Anagrams

ink pad, ink-pad, inkpad

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

kidnap

first-person singular present indicative of kidnappen
imperative of kidnappen

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