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Meaning of carnap in English:

carnap

Pronunciation /ˈkɑːnap/

verbcarnaps, carnapping, carnapped

[with object]Philippines

  • Steal (a motor vehicle)

    • ‘his jeep was carnapped’

Origin

1930s (originally US): from car + -nap (in kidnap). Use in Philippine English dates from the 1980s.