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Kidnapped

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.

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

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

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kidnapped
  1. subjected to kidnapping v

  2. (en-past of: kidnap)

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

  2. [also: kidnapping, kidnapped]

kidnapped

adj. (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother" [syn: kidnaped, abducted]

kidnapped

See kidnap

Wikipedia
Kidnapped

Kidnapped refers to the crime of kidnapping.

Kidnapped (novel)

Kidnapped is an historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893.

Kidnapped is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the " Appin Murder", which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745; Many of the characters were real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically

Kidnapped (1995 film)

Kidnapped ("A timeless tale of honor, bravery and adventure") is a 1995 TV adventure film directed by Ivan Passer and starring Armand Assante as Highlander Alan Breck and Brian McCardie as Lowlander David Balfour. Among the supporting actors are Michael Kitchen and Brian Blessed. The film was based on the book titled Kidnapped by author Robert Louis Stevenson. Christopher Reeve had originally been cast as Breck prior to his spinal cord injury in a horse race which left him a quadriplegic on May 27, 1995.

The adaptation starts by describing a divided Scotland which is populated by Highlanders and Lowlanders who are loyal to different kings. Allan Breck Stuart is characterised as a leading figure of Jacobitism who tried "to keep the flame alive". It ends when Alan Breck Stuart leaves Scotland forever "to have a distinguished career in the French Army", while David Balfour stays and marries a lady from the Highlands. Another voice-over tells they had sons who "were neither Highlanders nor Lowlanders. They were Scots."

The film was shot on location in Ireland.

Kidnapped (1971 film)

Kidnapped is a 1971 British adventure film, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins and Donald Pleasence, as well as a number of well known British character actors. The film is based on the novel Kidnapped and the first half of the sequel Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Kidnapped (1938 film)

Kidnapped (1938) is an adventure film directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew, and based on the book Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Kidnapped (TV series)

Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006 to August 11, 2007. The series returned on Universal HD in 2008.

Kidnapped (1960 film)

Kidnapped is a 1960 Walt Disney Productions film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1886 novel Kidnapped. It stars Peter Finch and James MacArthur, and was Disney's second production based on a novel by Stevenson, the first being Treasure Island. It also marked Peter O'Toole's feature film debut.

Kidnapped (1986 film)

Kidnapped is a 1986 animated movie directed by Geoff Collins. The film is based on the book of the same name, Kidnapped by author Robert Louis Stevenson.

A region free collectors edition of the film was released on DVD in 1999, the film was also remastered for this release.

Kidnapped (short story)

The Rudyard Kipling story "Kidnapped" was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on March 21, 1887, in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), and in subsequent editions of that collection.

Kidnapped (1935 film)

Kidnapped is a 1935 Danish family film written and directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks.

Kidnapped (2005 miniseries)

Kidnapped is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1893 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen as Alan Breck.

Kidnapped (comics)

Kidnapped, a 2007 graphic novel by Alan Grant (words) and Cam Kennedy (artwork), is adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. It was commissioned as part of the events to celebrate Edinburgh being named the first UNESCO City of Literature.

Some of the art for this has been bought for the collections of the National Library of Scotland, and some also appeared in Edinburgh Evening News. 7500 free copies of it were printed.

Grant claims to have read the original novel six times to familiarise himself fully with the source material, and decided to use as much of the original dialogue as possible.

It has also been translated into Lowland Scots as Kidnappit by Matthew Fitt and James Robertson, and it has been translated to Scots Gaelic as Fo Bhruid by Iain MacDhòmhnaill.

Kidnapped (2010 film)

Kidnapped (Secuestrados) is a 2010 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and was written by Javier García.

Kidnapped (1948 film)

Kidnapped is a 1948 drama directed by William Beaudine, starring Roddy McDowall, Sue England and Dan O'Herlihy. The former child star Roddy McDowall plays David Balfour in the story about a young man cheated out of his birthright by his wicked, covetous uncle Ebenezer (Houseley Stevenson).

Kidnapped (1917 film)

Kidnapped is a 1917 silent film based on the novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, directed by Alan Crosland at Edison Studios. The film only included selected parts of the story, and reinforced the then developing romanticisation of the Scottish Highlands. No copies of the film are known to survive.

Previously thought lost, a copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

Usage examples of "kidnapped".

She was beginning to understand why he might wish to assassinate her, and why he had kidnapped her: to prevent the repair of the great organ and, perhaps other less worthy compositions, from being played by anyone.

Blackwater Landing had its own ghost - the boy who'd kidnapped Mary Beth McConnell.

Like most of the deputies in the county sheriff's department he'd been awake for nearly twenty-four hours, searching for Mary Beth McConnell and the boy who'd kidnapped her.

Just before Dad and I got kidnapped, Hrriss and I got Linc Newry to admit he'd been falsifying export documents and disarming Doona's security satellites to let rustlers in and out.

Hell, he and Tirla had been kidnapped once before when they had slipped to the Mall without anyone knowing they'd gone.

She had been kidnapped for a purpose -- to force an investigation of Optherian restrictions.

Marmion had not worn the little pouch the day they were kidnapped but she didn't think the planet would care much what happened to her.

Two were as big as the H-class, which had kidnapped her from Denver ages ago.

And those Abominators had kidnapped Master Robinton to force the Council to shut Aivas down because of the technology he represented.

After I was kidnapped, Dad insisted that I learn how to protect myself.

Because he loved her, he didn't trust himself not to betray his country if she were kidnapped and used as a weapon against him.

He could easily have had her kidnapped on the way and held her until he'd finished his business with the Major, but hindsight was as useless as it was clear.

The men who had kidnapped her had finally gone away, probably to sleep.

But nothing in the long, horrible hours since she had been kidnapped had felt real, and she was too cold to be asleep.

She had to get away, had to re­move herself from the haunting fear that, as long as her father was involved in whatever had given him such a guilty expression, she could be kidnapped again.