[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kidnap \kid"nap`\ ki^d"na^p`, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   kidnaped ki^d"na^pt` or kidnapped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   kidnaping or kidnapping. kid a child + prov. e. nap to
   seize, to grasp. cf. knab, knap, nab.
   to take any one by force or fear, and against one's will,
   with intent to carry to another place. --abbott.
   1913 webster

         you may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
         never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
         proselytes of them.                      --whately.
   1913 webster

   note: originally used only of stealing children, but now
         extended in application to any human being,
         involuntarily abducted. kidnaper
see also:
kidnaped kidnapped kidnaping kidnapping knab knap 
nab 

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