Brewer's: Kidnapper

(A). One who nabs or steals “kids” or young children.

“Swarms of kidnappers were busy in every northern town.” —J. B. McMaster: People of the United States, vol. ii. chap. x. p. 357.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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