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the crime that turned children into currency and parents into willing bank robbers
word originFrom kid plus nabbing — literally stolen children in 1600s slang
colonial pipelineKidnapped Britons were shipped to American colonies as labor
famous caseLindbergh baby's 1932 abduction made it a federal crime
counterintuitive riskMost child abductions are by family, not strangers
insurance existsKidnap and ransom policies are a real corporate product