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)
• Aromanian: arachiu (rup), arãchescu (rup)
• Catalan: segrestar (ca), raptar (ca) (with sexual intent)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綁架 (cmn), 绑架 (cmn) (bǎngjià), 拐帶 (cmn), 拐带 (cmn) (guǎidài), 綁票 (cmn), 绑票 (cmn) (bǎngpiào)

• Czech: unést (cs)
• Dutch: ontvoeren (nl), kidnappen (nl)
• Finnish: kidnapata (fi), kaapata (fi), siepata (fi)
• French: kidnapper (fr), ravir (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)
• Jèrriais: enlever
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕفاندن

• Maltese: ħataf (mt)
• Norwegian: kidnappe (no)
• Portuguese: sequestrar (pt)
• Russian: похищать (ru) (poxiščát’) impf., похитить (ru) (poxítit’) pf.
• Sardinian: arpiài (sc)
• Serbo-Croatian: oteti (sh)
• 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
• Catalan: segrest (ca), rapte (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綁架 (cmn), 绑架 (cmn) (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), sieppaus (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
• Serbo-Croatian: otmica (sh) 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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Dutch

Verb

kidnap

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