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- noun
Kidnapping or stealing of a dog owned by someone else.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The paper had reported that Scaife's wife was to get over $750,000 a month in payments and that a huge dispute continued -- over a dog, including "dognapping" charges.
09/24/2007 2007
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After the "dognapping," the clinic and New Zealand's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals then threatened the teenager with prosecution for cruelty to an animal unless he got veterinary care for the dog, which was in considerable pain.
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After the "dognapping," the clinic and New Zealand's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals then threatened the teenager with prosecution for cruelty to an animal unless he got veterinary care for the dog, which was in considerable pain.
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Joan Hong and her boyfriend are the victims of a dognapping.
Shortening the Leash Sumathi Reddy 2011
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After having her beloved dog go missing for a couple of days, she was probably still suffering from PTDS—post-traumatic dognapping syndrome.
NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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After having her beloved dog go missing for a couple of days, she was probably still suffering from PTDS—post-traumatic dognapping syndrome.
NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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At first, it was little things—stolen luggage, a dognapping.
SEEING GREEN CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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After having her beloved dog go missing for a couple of days, she was probably still suffering from PTDS—post-traumatic dognapping syndrome.
NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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At first, it was little things—stolen luggage, a dognapping.
SEEING GREEN CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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Seymour realized that he had been admonishing the wrong dog, and tried to apologize be giving the dog a bunch of dog treats and taking the dog back to the scene of her "dognapping."
Norman Horowitz: What Are the Standard Customs and Practices in the Business of Killing Others? 2009
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