Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KID'NAP, v.i. [G. kinderdieb; D. kinderdief, child thief. Kid is usually supposed to be contracted from kind, a child, in which case nap may be the oriental גנב, to steal. See Knab.]

To steal a human being, man, woman or child; or to seize and forcibly carry away any person whatever from his own country or state into another. – Encyc.