How to Use kidnap in a Sentence

kidnap

verb

• Some are just folks off the street who get kidnapped or press-ganged into service in the navy.
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• He was born in Roman Britain and kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
• Others called for the return of the rest of the Israeli hostages kidnapped that day, some of whom are women.
  — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• In the early 1760s, a young child was kidnapped from her home in West Africa and sent to the Americas.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
• If she had been kidnapped, then why was there no ransom?
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• The two women were kidnapped by Hamas from their homes in Kibbutz Nir Oz, the statement said.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• An American nurse and her child were kidnapped in Haiti last week.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2023
• Then, a 12-year-old Petaluma girl, Polly Klaas, was kidnapped and later found dead.
  — Akiya Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• More news to know now An American nurse and her daughter were kidnapped in Haiti.
  — USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Choate was jailed, but a mob of hundreds of white people kidnapped him from his cell, tied him to the back of a car, dragged him across town, and lynched him in front of the courthouse.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 July 2023
• The student learned the next day that his grandfather had been killed, and his grandmother and uncle were kidnapped.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
• In total, eight members of their family were kidnapped, and three were killed.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• Grim plays Jeannie, who’s been afraid to leave her and Norbert’s trailer since their baby was kidnapped years ago.
  — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• Gunches kidnapped and shot Price multiple times in a desert area off the Beeline Highway.
  — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
• During the break-in, Huskins was kidnapped and Quinn later freed himself, soon calling police for help.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• More than 3,400 people were killed, kidnapped and injured over the last four months, the U.N. said, and the country in January had its deadliest month in two years.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• Heather McConney's son was found in Nebraska a day after he was kidnapped.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Last week, armed men kidnapped a New Hampshire nurse and her child from a clinic run by a charity led by her husband.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Aug. 2023
• All that is certain is that she was kidnapped, abused, and raped—and found herself in a mothering role with the care of two children, Hannah and her brother Jonathan.
  — Ursula Schmied, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2023
• Kfir was 10 months old when he was kidnapped and is believed to be the youngest person taken during Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
• A week after that, two Muslims named Junaid and Nasir were allegedly kidnapped, then beaten and burned to death.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Flynn's ex-girlfriend, Kim Hallock, told police she and Flynn had been kidnapped by a Black man.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
• In a statement read by police on Monday, Anthony said Russell was not kidnapped, did not see a baby on the side of the road, did not leave the city and acted alone.
  — Sudhin Thanawala, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• One of them speaks to the camera and identifies himself as a 79-year-old from the Nir Oz kibbutz, where Hamas militants kidnapped more than 70 people.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• The woman told police a man, later identified as Green got out of the truck, grabbed her, put a knife to her throat, forced her into the truck and kidnapped her, an affidavit said.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• The story begins when Prince Charming gets kidnapped by an evil witch named Hagragard.
  — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• Her sister has been kidnapped and is being held in Cartagena; the ransom is the treasure map which Turner must bring at once to Colombia — or else.
  — Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
• The woman who contacted police told them she had been kidnapped by a man March 14 and held captive for about 24 hours, said homicide Lt. Jud Campbell.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• The pair were reportedly kidnapped while at a gas station in Diaz’s hometown, near the country's border with Venezuela.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
• There is also Ruka, an East L.A. girl who saves kids from getting kidnapped in her neighborhood.
  — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024