Definitions
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Hello, ladies! How’s the Big Apple? Rotten, Jerry! Clover's been kidnapped! Oh, dear! That's the second time this month!”
“Angrest, a soldier, was kidnapped from his tank at the Nahal Oz base when it was attacked by Hamas.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Abduct”6 letters
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