kidnapped

kid-napped · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of kidnap; taken away illegally by force.

  2. 2.

    (as adjective) Having been abducted.

Related words

See also: kidnap, kidnapper, kidnapping

Etymology

Past tense of kidnap, from kid (slang for "child") + nap (archaic slang for "seize").