kidnaper

Variant of kidnap

kidnap definition

kid·nap (kid′nap′)

transitive verb kidnapped -·napped′ or kidnaped -·naped′, kidnapping -·nap′·ping or kidnaping -·nap′·ing

  1. to steal (a child)
  2. to seize and hold or carry off (a person) against that person's will, by force or fraud, often for ransom

Etymology: kid, + dial. nap: see nab

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.