kidnap

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kidnap
    v 1: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and
         usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's
         son was kidnapped" [syn: {kidnap}, {nobble}, {abduct},
         {snatch}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kidnap \Kid"nap`\ (k[i^]d"n[a^]p`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Kidnaped} (k[i^]d"n[a^]pt`) or {Kidnapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Kidnaping} or {Kidnapping}.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to
   seize, to grasp. Cf. {Knab}, {Knap}, {Nab}.]
   To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will,
   with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott.
   [1913 Webster]

         You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
         never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
         proselytes of them.                      --Whately.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now
         extended in application to any human being,
         involuntarily abducted. Kidnaper

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "kidnap":
      abduce, abduct, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, crimp, decoy,
      entice, hold for ransom, impress, inveigh, lure, make off with,
      return, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai, skyjack, snatch,
      spirit away, throttle, waylay