Carnap

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To steal a motor vehicle. Philippines

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

From car + -nap, formed in allusion to kidnap based on an erroneous belief that the latter specifically refers to the kidnapping of children.

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