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)

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: اِخْتَطَفَ (ar) (iḵtaṭafa)
• Armenian: առեւանգել (aṙewangel)
• Aromanian: arachiu, arãchescu
• Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq (az)
• Belarusian: выкрада́ць impf (vykradácʹ), вы́красці pf (výkrasci)
• Bulgarian: похищавам (bg) impf (pohištavam), отвличам (bg) (otvličam)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: segrestar (ca), raptar (ca) (with sexual intent)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綁架／绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 拐帶／拐带 (zh) (guǎidài), 拐带 (zh) (guǎidài), 綁票／绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào), 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: მოტაცება (moṭaceba)
• 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)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 채가다 (chaegada), 훔치다 (ko) (humchida)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: raptō
• Latvian: nolaupīšana f
• Maltese: ħataf
• Maori: mautāhae, tipua, tupua
• Norman: enlever
• Norwegian: kidnappe
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: porwać (pl), uprowadzić (pl) pf, uprowadzać (pl) impf, porywać (pl) impf
• 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) (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)

Noun

kidnap (plural kidnaps)

1. 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), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 誘拐／诱拐 (zh) (yòuguǎi), 诱拐 (zh) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙／拐骗 (zh) (guǎipiàn), 拐骗 (zh) (guǎipiàn), 綁票／绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào), 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
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• 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, 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
• Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)

Anagrams

• ink pad, ink-pad, inkpad

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Pronunciation

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Verb

kidnap

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kidnappen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kidnappen

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnap.

Noun

kidnap

1. kidnap

Synonyms

• dukot

Derived terms

• kidnapin
• kumidnap
• makidnap
• mangingidnap
• pangingidnap