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To kidnap someone is to take them away by force, against the law, and keep them. Often the aim is money: the will only give the person back if a family or a company pays.
To kidnap someoneTo kidnap someone is to take them away by force就是用武力把人帶走，against the law違法地，and keep them並扣留他們。Often the aim is money通常目的是要錢：if a family or a company pays只有家人或公司付了錢，the kidnappers will only give the person back綁匪才會把人放回來。
The word is used in news and in law; it names a serious crime. You can also use kidnap as a noun for that crime.
The word is used in news and in law這個字用在新聞和法律裡；it names a serious crime它指的是一種重罪。You can also use kidnap as a noun你也可以把kidnap當名詞用 for that crime指這種罪行。
Though actually, even though kid sits inside the word, adults are kidnapped too. The older story is darker and more exact: around 1680, in thieves' talk, kid meant a child and nap meant to grab, close to nab.
Though actually不過，even though kid sits inside the word雖然kid（小孩）就藏在這個字裡面，adults are kidnapped too大人也一樣會被kidnap。The older story is darker and more exact更早的故事比較黑暗、也比較精確：around 1680, in thieves' talk大約在1680年，在小偷的黑話裡，kid meant a childkid指小孩，and nap meant to grab, close to nabnap指抓走，跟nab意思相近。
People stole children and shipped them to work on far-away farms and colonies. Today the verb is about taking any person that way.
People stole children當時的人會偷走小孩，and shipped them to work on far-away farms and colonies把他們運到遙遠的農場和殖民地去做工。Today the verb is about taking any person that way現在這個動詞是指用這種方式帶走任何人。
組成kid（舊時賊話裡的「小孩」）+ nap（抓住，近於 nab）。約 1680 年已見；起初指偷小孩、運去殖民地或農場做工。
同家族的字
- kidthe old thieves' word for a child; the first kidnaps were of children
- nabnap in this word is the old slang for grab, close to nab — not the nap that means sleep
- kidnapperthe person who does this
- kidnappingthe crime; the act
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
kidnapverb/ˈkɪdnæp/
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To 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!
- Angrest, a soldier, was kidnapped from his tank at the Nahal Oz base when it was attacked by Hamas.
kidnapnoun/ˈkɪdnæp/
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The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。