kidnap

English

Etymology

From kid +‎ nap (“to nab; to grab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪdnæp/

• Audio (Southern England)

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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 or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
   • 2002 September 6, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “Model Citizens”, in Totally Spies!‎^[1], season 1, episode 9, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Jess Harnell as Jerry and Katie Leigh), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:

     Hello, ladies. How’s the Big Apple?
     Rotten, Jerry. Clover’s been kidnapped.
     Oh dear. That’s the second time this month.

Derived terms

• kidnapped robot problem
• tiger kidnap

 

Translations

to seize and detain a person unlawfully

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: اِخْتَطَفَ‎ (ar) (iḵtaṭafa)

  Hijazi Arabic: اختطف‎ (aḵtaṭaf), خَطَف‎ (ḵaṭaf)

• Armenian: առեւանգել (hy) (aṙewangel)
• Aromanian: arachiu, arãchescu
• Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq (az)
• Belarusian: выкрада́ць impf (vykradácʹ), вы́красці pf (výkrasci)
• Bulgarian: похищавам (bg) impf (pohištavam), отвличам (bg) (otvličam)
• Burmese: ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ (my) (pranpe:hcwai:)
• Catalan: segrestar (ca), raptar (ca) (with sexual intent)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 標參／标参 (biu¹ sam¹)

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

• Cornish: denladra
• Czech: unést (cs)
• Danish: bortføre (da), kidnappe
• Dutch: ontvoeren (nl), kidnappen (nl)
• Esperanto: forkapti
• Estonian: röövima
• Finnish: kidnapata (fi), kaapata (fi), siepata (fi)
• French: enlever (fr), kidnapper (fr), ravir (fr)
• Georgian: მოტაცება (moṭaceba)
• German: entführen (de)
• Greek: απάγω (el) (apágo)

  Ancient: ἀπάγω (apágō)

• Hebrew: חטף‎ (he) (ḥataf)
• Hindi: अपहरण करना (apahraṇ karnā)
• Hungarian: elrabol (hu), embert rabol
• Icelandic: ræna (is)
• 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 (ja) (さらう, sarau)
• Khmer: ចាប់ជំរិត (capcumrɨt)
• Korean: 채가다 (chaegada), 훔치다 (ko) (humchida), 납치하다 (ko) (napchihada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕفاندن‎ (rfandin)

• Lao: ລັກພາຕົວ (lak phā tūa)
• Latin: raptō, rapiō
• Latvian: nolaupīšana f
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: киднапи́ра impf or pf (kidnapíra)
• Maltese: ħataf
• Maori: mautāhae, tipua, tupua
• Norman: enlever
• Norwegian: kidnappe
• Old English: forstelan
• Persian: آدم‌ربای کردن‎ (âdam-robâye kardan)
• Polish: porwać (pl), uprowadzić (pl) pf, uprowadzać (pl) impf, porywać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: sequestrar (pt), raptar (pt)
• Romanian: răpi (ro)
• 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) (with sexual connotation)
• 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)
• Yiddish: אַוועקכאַפּן‎ (avekkhapn)

Noun

kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)

1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

Related terms

• kidnapper, kidnaper
• kidnappee, kidnapee

Translations

an instance of kidnapping

• Bulgarian: отвличане n (otvličane), похищение (bg) n (pohištenie)
• Catalan: segrest (ca), rapte (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綁架／绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 誘拐／诱拐 (zh) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙／拐骗 (zh) (guǎipiàn), 綁票／绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào)

• Czech: únos (cs) m
• Dutch: ontvoering (nl) f
• Finnish: kidnappaus (fi), sieppaus (fi)
• French: enlèvement (fr) m, kidnapping (fr) m, rapt (fr) m
• German: Entführung (de) f, Menschenraub m, Kinderraub m
• Hebrew: חטיפה‎ (ḥatifa)
• Hungarian: emberrablás (hu)
• Ido: rapto (io)
• Indonesian: penculikan (id)
• Interlingua: sequestro
• Irish: fuadach m
• Italian: sequestro (it), rapimento (it)
• Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai), 拉致 (ja) (らち, rachi)
• Korean: 납치(拉致) (ko) (napchi)
• Latvian: nolaupīt
• Polish: porwanie (pl) n, uprowadzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: sequestro (pt)
• Russian: похище́ние (ru) n (poxiščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: otmica (sh) f
• Spanish: secuestro (es), rapto (es)
• Swedish: kidnappning (sv) c
• Tagalog: kidnap (tl), dukot
• Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

Anagrams

• ink pad, ink-pad, inkpad

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

kidnap

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnap.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kid‧nap
• IPA^(key): /ˈkidnap/, [ˈkid.nɐp]

Noun

kidnap

1. kidnap

   Synonym: dukot

Derived terms

• kidnapin
• kumidnap
• makidnap
• mangingidnap
• pangingidnap