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dognap

dognap

7.9
Stealing a dog to sell it or ask for money
  • noun
  • /ˈdɔɡˌnæp/
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  • News of the dognap spread quickly, and the community rallied to help find the missing pet.

Examples

  • A reward was offered following the dognap of the famous show dog.

  • The police investigated the dognap after several pets disappeared from the neighborhood.

  • The recent dognap in our neighborhood has alarmed many pet owners.

  • A local family reported a dognap last weekend.

  • The police investigated the dognap after a prized pet went missing from its owner's yard.

  • When the dognap of the beloved Labrador occurred, the entire community came together to search for him.

  • A local news report highlighted the dognap of a therapy dog that was taken while out for a walk.

Synonyms

dognapping
vsdognap
1 7.1

The crime of stealing a dog from its owner to get money

frames it as theft aimed mainly at demanding payment for return

Surface Forms

dognap singular
dognaps plural

Morphology

dognap = kidnap (semi-transparent) = dog + nap

The noun sense 'the act of stealing a dog' is derived by analogy to 'kidnap' and is interpretable if the listener recognises that pattern; however '-nap' is not a common standalone morpheme meaning 'steal'.

Etymology

Dognap (the act) comes from dog + nap, following the pattern of kidnap. The nap element is like nab ('to grab'), so a dognap is the stealing of a dog, often to demand a reward for its return.