KIDNAPPED
KIDNAP
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; “The industrialist’s son was kidnapped”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
kidnapped
simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
Adjective
kidnapped (not comparable)
subjected to kidnapping
Source: Wiktionary
KIDNAP
Kid"nap`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnaped or Kidnapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] Etym: [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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