kidnap

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• /ˈkɪdnæp/
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• Northern-England, dated: /kɪdˈnæp/
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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.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отвличане (otvličane) — an instance of kidnapping
• Bulgarian: похищение (pohištenie) — an instance of kidnapping
• Catalan: segrest — an instance of kidnapping
• Catalan: rapte — an instance of kidnapping
• Chinese Mandarin: 綁架 /绑架 (bǎngjià) — an instance of kidnapping
• Chinese Mandarin: 誘拐 /诱拐 (yòuguǎi) — an instance of kidnapping
• Chinese Mandarin: 拐騙 /拐骗 (guǎipiàn) — an instance of kidnapping
• Chinese Mandarin: 綁票 /绑票 (bǎngpiào) — an instance of kidnapping
• Czech: únos — an instance of kidnapping
• Dutch: ontvoering — an instance of kidnapping
• Finnish: kidnappaus — an instance of kidnapping
• Finnish: sieppaus — an instance of kidnapping
• French: enlèvement — an instance of kidnapping
• French: kidnapping — an instance of kidnapping
• French: rapt — an instance of kidnapping
• German: Entführung — an instance of kidnapping
• German: Menschenraub — an instance of kidnapping
• German: Kinderraub — an instance of kidnapping
• Hebrew: חטיפה (ḥatifa) — an instance of kidnapping
• Hindi: अपहरण (apahraṇ) — an instance of kidnapping
• Hungarian: emberrablás — an instance of kidnapping
• Ido: rapto — an instance of kidnapping
• Indonesian: penculikan — an instance of kidnapping
• Interlingua: sequestro — an instance of kidnapping
• Irish: fuadach — an instance of kidnapping
• Italian: sequestro — an instance of kidnapping
• Italian: rapimento — an instance of kidnapping
• Japanese: 誘拐 (yūkai) — an instance of kidnapping
• Japanese: 拉致 (rachi) — an instance of kidnapping
• Korean: 납치 (napchi) — an instance of kidnapping
• Latvian: nolaupīt — an instance of kidnapping
• Polish: porwanie — an instance of kidnapping
• Polish: uprowadzenie — an instance of kidnapping
• Portuguese: sequestro — an instance of kidnapping
• Russian: похище́ние (poxiščénije) — an instance of kidnapping
• Serbo-Croatian: otmica — an instance of kidnapping
• Spanish: secuestro — an instance of kidnapping
• Spanish: rapto — an instance of kidnapping
• Swedish: kidnappning — an instance of kidnapping
• Tagalog: kidnap — an instance of kidnapping
• Tagalog: dukot — an instance of kidnapping
• Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc — an instance of kidnapping
• Arabic: اِخْتَطَفَ (iḵtaṭafa) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Arabic: اختطف (aḵtaṭaf) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Arabic: خَطَف (ḵaṭaf) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Armenian: առեւանգել (aṙewangel) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Aromanian: arachiu — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Aromanian: arãchescu — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Belarusian: выкрада́ць (vykradácʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Belarusian: вы́красці (výkrasci) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Bulgarian: похищавам (pohištavam) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Bulgarian: отвличам (otvličam) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Burmese: ပြန်ပေးဆွဲ (pranpe:hcwai:) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Catalan: segrestar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Catalan: raptar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Chinese Cantonese: 標參 /标参 (biu1 sam1) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Chinese Mandarin: 綁架 /绑架 (bǎngjià) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Chinese Mandarin: 綁票 /绑票 (bǎngpiào) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Chinese Mandarin: 拐帶 /拐带 (guǎidài) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Cornish: denladra — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Czech: unést — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Danish: bortføre — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Danish: kidnappe — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Dutch: ontvoeren — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Dutch: kidnappen — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Esperanto: forkapti — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Estonian: röövima — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Finnish: kidnapata — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Finnish: kaapata — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Finnish: siepata — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• French: enlever — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• French: kidnapper — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• French: ravir — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Georgian: მოტაცება (moṭaceba) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• German: entführen — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Greek: απάγω (apágo) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Ancient Greek: ἀπάγω (apágō) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Hebrew: חטף (ḥataf) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Hindi: अपहरण करना (apahraṇ karnā) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Hungarian: elrabol — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Hungarian: embert rabol — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Icelandic: ræna — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Ido: kidnapar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Ido: raptar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Indonesian: menculik — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Interlingua: sequestrar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Irish: fuadaigh — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Italian: rapire — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Italian: sequestrare — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Japanese: 誘拐する (yūkai suru) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Japanese: 攫う (sarau) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Japanese: 拉致る — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Khmer: ចាប់ជំរិត (capcumrɨt) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Korean: 채가다 (chaegada) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Korean: 훔치다 (humchida) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Korean: 납치하다 (napchihada) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Central Kurdish: ڕفاندن (rfandin) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Lao: ລັກພາຕົວ (lak phā tūa) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Latin: raptō — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Latin: rapiō — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Latvian: nolaupīšana — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Macedonian: киднапи́ра (kidnapíra) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Maltese: ħataf — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Māori: mautāhae — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Māori: tipua — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Māori: tupua — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Khiamniungan Naga: thōhlǖkhúa — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Norman: enlever — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Norwegian: kidnappe — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Old English: forstelan — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Persian: آدمربای کردن (âdam-robâye kardan) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Polish: porywać — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Polish: porwać — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Polish: uprowadzać — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Polish: uprowadzić — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Portuguese: sequestrar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Portuguese: raptar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Romanian: răpi — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: похища́ть (poxiščátʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: похи́тить (poxítitʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: красть (krastʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: укра́сть (ukrástʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: выкра́дывать (vykrádyvatʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: вы́красть (výkrastʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: ворова́ть (vorovátʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Russian: сворова́ть (svorovátʹ) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Sardinian: arpiài — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Serbo-Croatian: oteti — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Slovak: uniesť — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Spanish: secuestrar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Spanish: raptar — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Swahili: teka nyara — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Swedish: kidnappa — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Tamil: கடத்து (kaṭattu) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Thai: ลักพาตัว (lák-paa-dtuua) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Tibetan: ཇག་ཁྲིད་བྱས (jag khrid byas) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Turkish: kaçırmak — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Ukrainian: викрада́ти (vykradáty) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Ukrainian: ви́красти (výkrasty) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Vietnamese: bắt cóc — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Yiddish: אַוועקכאַפּן (avekkhapn) — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Yoruba: jínigbé — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Yoruba: jígbé — to seize and detain a person unlawfully
• Yoruba: jímọ — to seize and detain a person unlawfully