誘拐
解説 Definition
kidnapping は kidnap（誘拐する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人を無理やり連れ去る行為を表し、犯罪について述べる文脈で使われます。
Kidnapping is the present participle and gerund form of kidnap. It refers to taking or holding a person by force or threat without legal authority, typically as a serious criminal act.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 kidnap「誘拐する」に -ing を付ける際、強勢のある短母音の後の語末 p を重ねて kidnapping とします。発音は /ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/ です。be accused of kidnapping や stop someone from kidnapping の型と結び付け、本人の意思に反して連れ去る犯罪行為だと覚えましょう。
Begin with the base verb kidnap. When -ing is added, the final p is doubled, giving kidnapping, pronounced /ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/. The doubled consonant keeps the short vowel sound in the final part of the base word. Connect the form with crime-related patterns such as accused of kidnapping someone, planning on kidnapping a visitor, and stopped from kidnapping a child. Although kid originally referred to a child, modern kidnap can describe the unlawful seizure of an adult as well. Keep the central image of forced removal against a person’s will.
例文
The police stopped him from kidnapping the child.
警察は彼がその子を誘拐するのを止めました。
They were accused of kidnapping a businessman.
彼らは実業家を誘拐したとして告発されました。
The report said the group was planning on kidnapping a visitor.
報告書には、その集団が訪問者を誘拐する計画を立てていたと書かれていました。
kidnapping の類義語・関連語
kidnapping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
kid（子供）+ nap（つかまえる、スカンジナビア語 nappa に由来）の合成語で、17世紀に「子供をさらう」意味で登場。関連語: kid, nab。元は子供の誘拐限定だったが、現在は大人の拉致にも広く使われる。
Kidnapping is formed from kidnap plus -ing, with the final p doubled. Kidnap arose in the seventeenth century from kid, then meaning “child,” and an element nap related to an older verb meaning “to seize” or “snatch,” probably connected with Scandinavian nappa. The verb first referred especially to stealing children but later broadened to the forcible abduction of people of any age.
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