Talk:kidnap

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Originally only children?[edit]

John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) says it originally applied to children, specifically, being snatched; compare how kid still means "child". Equinox ◑ 20:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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