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kidnapped |
2 definitions found 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]: kidnapped adj : (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom: "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother" [syn: {kidnaped}, {abducted}]
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