American bum kidnaps Latin family (4)
I believe the answer is:
clan
'family' is the definition.
(clan can mean a large family)
'american bum kidnaps latin' is the wordplay.
'american bum' becomes 'can' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'kidnaps' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'can' going around 'l' is 'CLAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clan that I've seen before include "Large family forming close group, big in Scotland" , "Scots family grouping" , "Extended family as in Scotland" , "Group of families with common ancestor" , "Scots family group" .)