to steal a nap
1steal — [c]/stil / (say steel) verb (stole, stolen, stealing) –verb (t) 1. to take or take away dishonestly or wrongfully, especially secretly. 2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgement. 3. to take, get, or win by… …
2-nap — [nap] [< (KID)NAP] combining form forming verbscombining form to seize and carry away; steal: often in nonce combinations [dognap, petnap] …
3nap´less — nap1 «nap», noun, verb, napped, nap|ping. –n. a short sleep, especially one taken during the day; doze; snooze. ╂[< verb] –v.i. 1. to take a short sleep; …
4-nap — a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom : artnap; petnap; starnap. * * * …
5-nap — aff. a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”: artnap; petnap; starnap[/ex] …
6-nap — a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom : artnap; petnap; starnap …
7kid´nap|er — kid|nap «KIHD nap», transitive verb, napped, nap|ping or naped, nap|ing. to steal or carry off (anyone, especially a child) by force; seize and hold (a person) against his will by force or by fraud: »Four men kidnapped the boy, but the police… …
8kid´nap|per — kid|nap «KIHD nap», transitive verb, napped, nap|ping or naped, nap|ing. to steal or carry off (anyone, especially a child) by force; seize and hold (a person) against his will by force or by fraud: »Four men kidnapped the boy, but the police… …
9kid|nap — «KIHD nap», transitive verb, napped, nap|ping or naped, nap|ing. to steal or carry off (anyone, especially a child) by force; seize and hold (a person) against his will by force or by fraud: »Four men kidnapped the boy, but the police soon caught …
10dog´nap|er — dog|nap «DG nap, DOG », transitive verb, intransitive verb, napped, nap|ping or naped, nap|ing. to steal (a dog or dogs) to collect ransom or to sell them. –dog´nap|per, –dog´nap|er, noun …