English
Etymology
From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”).
Pronunciation
Verb
kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or kidnaped)
- (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!
Derived terms
Translations
to seize and detain a person unlawfully
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: اِخْتَطَفَ (ar) (iḵtaṭafa)
- Hijazi Arabic: اختطف (aḵtaṭaf), خَطَف (ḵaṭaf)
- Armenian: առեւանգել (hy) (aṙewangel)
- Aromanian: arachiu, arãchescu
- Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq (az)
- Belarusian: выкрада́ць impf (vykradácʹ), вы́красці pf (výkrasci)
- Bulgarian: похищавам (bg) impf (pohištavam), отвличам (bg) (otvličam)
- Burmese: ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ (my) (pranpe:hcwai:)
- Catalan: segrestar (ca), raptar (ca) (with sexual intent)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 標參 / 标参 (biu1 sam1)
- Mandarin: 綁架 / 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 綁票 / 绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào), 拐帶 / 拐带 (zh) (guǎidài)
- Cornish: denladra
- Czech: unést (cs)
- Danish: bortføre (da), kidnappe
- Dutch: ontvoeren (nl), kidnappen (nl)
- Esperanto: forkapti
- Estonian: röövima
- Finnish: kidnapata (fi), kaapata (fi), siepata (fi)
- French: enlever (fr), kidnapper (fr), ravir (fr)
- Georgian: მოტაცება (moṭaceba)
- German: entführen (de)
- Greek: απάγω (el) (apágo)
- Ancient: ἀπάγω (apágō)
- Hebrew: חטף (he) (ḥataf)
- Hindi: अपहरण करना (apahraṇ karnā)
- Hungarian: elrabol (hu), embert rabol
- Icelandic: ræna (is)
- Ido: kidnapar (io), raptar (io)
- Indonesian: menculik (id)
- Interlingua: sequestrar
- Italian: rapire (it), sequestrare (it)
- Japanese: 誘拐する (ja) (ゆうかいする, yūkai suru), 攫う (ja) (さらう, sarau)
- Khiamniungan Naga: thōhlǖkhúa
- Khmer: ចាប់ជំរិត (capcumrɨt)
- Korean: 채가다 (chaegada), 훔치다 (ko) (humchida), 납치하다 (ko) (napchihada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕفاندن (rfandin)
- Lao: ລັກພາຕົວ (lak phā tūa)
- Latin: raptō, rapiō
- Latvian: nolaupīšana f
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: киднапи́ра impf or pf (kidnapíra)
- Maltese: ħataf
- Maori: mautāhae, tipua, tupua
- Norman: enlever
- Norwegian: kidnappe
- Old English: forstelan
- Persian: آدمربای کردن (âdam-robâye kardan)
- Polish: porywać (pl) impf, porwać (pl) pf, uprowadzać (pl) impf, uprowadzić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: sequestrar (pt), raptar (pt)
- Romanian: răpi (ro)
- Russian: похища́ть (ru) impf (poxiščátʹ), похи́тить (ru) pf (poxítitʹ), красть (ru) impf (krastʹ), укра́сть (ru) pf (ukrástʹ), выкра́дывать (ru) impf (vykrádyvatʹ), вы́красть (ru) pf (výkrastʹ), ворова́ть (ru) impf (vorovátʹ), сворова́ть (ru) pf (svorovátʹ)
- Sardinian: arpiài
- Serbo-Croatian: oteti (sh)
- Slovak: uniesť pf
- Spanish: secuestrar (es), raptar (es) (with sexual connotation)
- Swahili: teka nyara (sw)
- Swedish: kidnappa (sv)
- Thai: ลักพาตัว (th) (lák-paa-dtuua)
- Tibetan: ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས (jag khrid byas)
- Turkish: kaçırmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: викрада́ти impf (vykradáty), ви́красти pf (výkrasty)
- Vietnamese: bắt cóc (vi)
- Yiddish: אַוועקכאַפּן (avekkhapn)
- Yoruba: jínigbé, jígbé, jímọ (kidnap a child)
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Noun
kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)
- The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
Translations
an instance of kidnapping
- Bulgarian: отвличане n (otvličane), похищение (bg) n (pohištenie)
- Catalan: segrest (ca), rapte (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 綁架 / 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià), 誘拐 / 诱拐 (zh) (yòuguǎi), 拐騙 / 拐骗 (zh) (guǎipiàn), 綁票 / 绑票 (zh) (bǎngpiào)
- Czech: únos (cs) m
- Dutch: ontvoering (nl) f
- Finnish: kidnappaus (fi), sieppaus (fi)
- French: enlèvement (fr) m, kidnapping (fr) m, rapt (fr) m
- German: Entführung (de) f, Menschenraub m, Kinderraub m
- Hebrew: חטיפה (ḥatifa)
- Hindi: अपहरण (hi) m (apahraṇ)
- Hungarian: emberrablás (hu)
- Ido: rapto (io)
- Indonesian: penculikan (id)
- Interlingua: sequestro
- Irish: fuadach m
- Italian: sequestro (it), rapimento (it)
- Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai), 拉致 (ja) (らち, rachi)
- Korean: 납치(拉致) (ko) (napchi)
- Latvian: nolaupīt
- Polish: porwanie (pl) n, uprowadzenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: sequestro (pt)
- Russian: похище́ние (ru) n (poxiščénije)
- Serbo-Croatian: otmica (sh) f
- Spanish: secuestro (es), rapto (es)
- Swedish: kidnappning (sv) c
- Tagalog: kidnap (tl), dukot
- Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc (vi)
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
kidnap
- inflection of kidnappen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English kidnap.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkidnap/ [ˈkid̪.n̪ɐp̚]
- Rhymes: -idnap
- Syllabification: kid‧nap
Noun
kidnap (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜉ᜔)
- kidnap
- Synonym: dukot
Derived terms
- kidnapin
- kumidnap
- makidnap
- mangingidnap
- pangingidnap
See also
Further reading