Bad Example set by BBC Hack journo.

Adam Mynott, BBC hack, this morning, described a ship off the coast of Somalia as being “kidnapped” by Somali pirates.  At first I though maybe the use of this word “kidnapped” to describe the seizing of a ship by pirates was a silly mistake, but no, he continued to describe the incident as “kidnapping”. No wonder children get confused with language. Is it possible to “kidnap” a ship? According to our Oxford dictionary - No. The verb to kidnap relates to someone being illegally taken by force and held for ransom. Now, hasn’t Mr. Mynott heard of the word hijack, this would be the word to use and would be correct to say; Somali pirates hijacked a ship loaded with benzine, he could have, of course said, the crew were kidnapped.  If children get confused with language they can’t look to BBC hacks to use correct English.