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Verb: kidnap (kidnapped,kidnapping, also kidnaped,kidnaping)  kid-nap
  1. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
    "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
    - nobble [Brit], abduct, snatch

Derived forms: kidnaps, kidnapped, kidnaped, kidnapping

See also: kidnapper, kidnapping

Type of: seize

Encyclopedia: Kidnap