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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kidnap \Kid"nap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kidnaped}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.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
proselytes of them --Whately.
Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now
extended in application to any human being
involuntarily abducted.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kidnap
v : of people [syn: {nobble}, {abduct}, {snatch}]
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