Kidnapping, the abduction specially of children; the word being derived from kid, slang for 'a child,' and nap or nab, cant for 'to seize.' The law of the subject is given at ABDUCTION; the charge of kidnapping frequently made against Gypsies is dealt with at GYPSIES.
Kidnapping
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 423
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