kidnap

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From kid (“child”) + nap (“nab, grab”)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.

Translations

to seize and detain a person unlawfully

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: خَطَفَ (ar) (kháTafa) Catalan: please add this translation if you can 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) Finnish: kidnapata (fi), kaapata (fi) French: kidnapper (fr) German: entführen (de) Hebrew: חטף (he) (ḥataf) Hungarian: elrabol (hu), embert rabol (hu) Interlingua: sequestrar

Italian: rapire (it) Japanese: 誘拐する (ja) (ゆうかいする, yūkai-suru), 攫う (ja) (さらう, sarau) Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: ڕفاندن Maltese: ħataf (mt) Portuguese: sequestrar (pt) Russian: похищать (ru) (poxiščát’) impf., похитить (ru) (poxítit’) pf. Serbian: oteti (sr) Spanish: secuestrar (es), raptar (es) (con fines sexuales) Swahili: teka nyara (sw) Swedish: kidnappa (sv) Turkish: kaçırmak (tr) Vietnamese: bắt cóc (vi)

Noun

kidnap (plural kidnaps)

1. An instance of kidnapping.

Translations

an instance of kidnapping

Arabic: خطف (ar) (khaTf) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 綁架 (zh), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 誘拐 (cmn), 诱拐 (cmn) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙 (cmn), 拐骗 (cmn) (guǎipiàn), 綁票 (cmn), 绑票 (cmn) (bǎngpiào) Czech: únos (cs) m. Finnish: kidnappaus (fi) French: enlèvement (fr), kidnapping (fr) German: Entführung (de) f., Menschenraub (de) m., Kinderraub (de) m. Hebrew: חטיפה (he) (ḥatifa) Hungarian: emberrablás (hu) 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)) Portuguese: sequestro (pt) Russian: похищение (ru) (poxiščénije) n. Serbian: otmica (sr) f. Spanish: secuestro (es), rapto (es) Swahili: teka nyara (sw) Swedish: kidnappning c. Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

Related terms

• kidnapper, kidnaper
• kidnappee, kidnapee

Anagrams

• ink pad, ink-pad, inkpad

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Verb

kidnap

1. first-person singular present indicative of kidnappen.
2. imperative of kidnappen.