kidnap

From kid +‎ nap (“to nab; to grab”). Originally Thieves' cant, referring to the practice of stealing children and shipping them to colonies or plantations as laborers. First attested c. 1680.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪdnæp/
• (Northern England, dated) IPA^(key): /kɪdˈnæp/

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kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or (rare, US only) kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or (rare, US only) kidnaped)

1. (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
   • 2002 September 6, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “Model Citizens”, in Totally Spies!‎^[1], season 1, episode 9, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Jess Harnell as Jerry and Katie Leigh), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:

     Hello, ladies! How’s the Big Apple?
     Rotten, Jerry! Clover's been kidnapped!
     Oh, dear! That's the second time this month!

   • 2025 March 7, ToI staff, JTA, “The next 24: These are the remaining hostages presumed alive in Gaza”, in The Times of Israel:

     Angrest, a soldier, was kidnapped from his tank at the Nahal Oz base when it was attacked by Hamas.

kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)

1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

• kidnapper, kidnaper
• kidnappee, kidnapee

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kidnap

1. inflection of kidnappen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Borrowed from English kidnap.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkidnap/ [ˈkid̪.n̪ɐp̚]
• Rhymes: -idnap
• Syllabification: kid‧nap

kidnap (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜉ᜔)

1. kidnap

   Synonym: dukot

• “kidnap”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kidnap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018