DictionaryRoot: nap
English
nap
snatch away
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verb / noun
kidnap
KID-nap/ˈkɪdnæp/
The unlawful taking and holding of a person by force or deception.
Etymology
Kid plus nap literally describes snatching a child. The word originally referred to stealing children for labor in the American colonies, then broadened to the abduction of people of any age.