k 5 i 1 d 2 n 1 a 1 p 3
6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
originFrom kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Originally Thieves' cant, referring to the practice of stealing children and shipping them to colonies or plantations as laborers. First attested c. 1680.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0