資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
kidnaped
adj : (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for
ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or
abducted) child to the mother" [syn: {kidnapped}, {abducted}]