dog-nap

English

Verb

dog-nap (third-person singular simple present dog-naps, present participle dog-napping, simple past and past participle dog-napped)

1. Alternative form of dognap
   • 2014, Wanda L. Johnson, Diamonds in the Ruff, page 1:

     So when we first “dog-napped” the bedraggled border collie, inappropriately named "Diamond," we were intent on finding him a good home with some deserving family.

   • 2014, Richard Henry Carlson, The Adventures of Chipper, The Dog of Dogdom, page 369:

     He is dog-napped, injured and almost euthanized.

   • 2016, Andrew Cope, Spy Dog: The Gunpowder Plot:

     If we told Mum and Dad that Mr Big had escaped and dog-napped Lara, they'd either not believe us or just call the police, and what good would that do?