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Kidnapping


 

:For other uses of related terms, see or see Kidnapper the song by American band Blondie.

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Kidnapping, a word derived from kid 'child' = nap (=nab, 'snatch'), recorded since 1673, originally meant stealing children for use as servants or laborers in the American colonies

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