Word History: Appropriately enough, kidnapper seems to have originated among those who perpetrate this crime. We know this because kid and napper, the two parts of the compound, were slang of the sort that criminals used. Kid, which still has an informal air, was considered low slang when kidnapper was formed, and napper is obsolete slang for a thief, coming from the verb nap, "to steal." Nap is possibly a variant of nab, which also still has a slangy ring. In 1678, the year in which the word is first recorded, kidnappers plied their trade to secure laborers for plantations in colonies such as the ones in North America. The term later took on the broader sense that it has today. The verb kidnap is recorded later (1682) than the noun and so is possibly a back-formation, that is, people may have assumed that a kidnapper kidnaps.
Kid"nap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnapedor Kidnapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.] To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. --Whately.
Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : kidnap
Spanish: secuestrar, raptar,
German: entführen,
Japanese: 誘かいする
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kidnap
verb
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
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kidnap
1673, compound of kid (n.) "child" and nap "snatch away," variant of nab; originally "stealing children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: kid·nap
Pronunciation: 'kid-"nap
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: kid·napped or kid·naped /-"napt/; kid·nap·ping or kid·nap·ing /-"na-pi[ng]/
Etymology: probably back-formation from kidnapper, from kid child obsolete napper thief
: to seize and confine or carry away by force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom —kid·nap·per or kid·nap·er /-"na-p&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Kid"nap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kidnapedor Kidnapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child Prov. E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.] To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott.
You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. --Whately.
Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : kidnap
Spanish: secuestrar, raptar,
German: entführen,
Japanese: 誘かいする
More Translations »
kidnap
verb
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source
kidnap
1673, compound of kid (n.) "child" and nap "snatch away," variant of nab; originally "stealing children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: kid·nap
Pronunciation: 'kid-"nap
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: kid·napped or kid·naped /-"napt/; kid·nap·ping or kid·nap·ing /-"na-pi[ng]/
Etymology: probably back-formation from kidnapper, from kid child obsolete napper thief
: to seize and confine or carry away by force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom —kid·nap·per or kid·nap·er /-"na-p&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Vastaukset 4
Vanhimmat
Kysymykseesi en osaa vastata
W. A. Mozartin ooppera Ryöstö seraljista (saks. Die Entführung aus dem Serail) tunnetaan englanninkielisessä maailmassa nimellä The Abduction from the Seraglio. Verbi ’abduct’ ei ota kantaa kaapattavan/ryöstettävän/siepattavan henkilön ikään.
Verbi ’nap’ tuo mieleeni punanapsijan (engl. red snapper, tieteellinen nimi Lutjanus campechanus). Sellainen otuke tuijotti minua taannoin lautaselta jossakin Fisherman's Wharfin kalaravintelissa, San Franciscossa. Tuijotus ei auttanut, se olin lopuksi minä joka pääsi tuijottajan napsimaan eikä päinvastoin.
Nap saattaa substantiivina tuoda mieleen myös tirsat, nokoset, nokkaunet, tupluurit tjsp.
Kyllä. Saa sitä englannin sanakirjaa siteerata enemmänkin:
"Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted."
Eikä englannin kielen ohjeet määrää sitä, miten jostain englannista lainattua sanaa käytetään suomen kielessä.
... suomen kieleen voisi lanseerata termin "ädaltsnätch" kuvaamaan aikuisten kaappamista. Sitten pitäisi vain vahtia, ettei mistään lapsesta sanota, että lapsi "adaltsnätchättiin".