LekhoriLekhoriTo seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
Hello, ladies! How’s the Big Apple? Rotten, Jerry! Clover's been kidnapped! Oh, dear! That's the second time this month!
The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
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.
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