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kidnap (v.)
[kidnap 词源字典]
1680s, compound of
kid
(n.) "child" and
nap
"snatch away," variant of
nab
; originally "steal children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies." Related:
Kidnapped
;
kidnapping
.
[kidnap etymology, kidnap origin, 英语词源]