-nap
1
a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”:
artnap; petnap; starnap.
Related Words
- dognap
- Carnap
- catnap
- catnapper
- Gilbert
- kidnap
-nap
Suffix
- A suffix forming verbs with the sense of "abduct", or sometimes "abscond with".
Etymology
Apparently from kidnap; ultimately from nap.