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Taking a person against their will, then charging extra for their return.
means To abduct and hold someone by force, usually to demand ransom or gain leverage.
from Seventeenth-century English thieves' slang: kid meant child, and nap meant to snatch — born from grabbing kids to ship as cheap labor to the American colonies.
Literal kidsOriginally meant stealing children, not adults.
Nap's kinSame nab root as nab and nick.
Colonial cargoSnatched children were shipped to work plantations.