abductee

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Recent Examples of abductee Effective verification would likely entail having the abductor — or abductee — provide a unique piece of information only a handful of people would know. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026 Fear Not, slated for 2027, will tell the story of prolific serial killer Stephen Morin and Margy Palm (Hathaway), a Texas woman who was his last abductee. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026 But for the families of Japanese abductees who remain missing, some of whom were just teenagers when they were taken, there has been no closure or relief. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025 Alon Ohel, a twenty-four-year-old pianist who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, was kept in a tunnel beneath Gaza, along with three other abductees. Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abductee
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Noun
  • McCoy is not the only arrestee to have died in custody in recent years while wrongly held by the Sheriff’s Office.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • The sheriff's office said among the arrestees was former Republican congressional candidate for House District 30, Sholdon Daniels.
    Briauna Brown, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Sochor is scheduled to be the second Broward convict executed this year.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • He is listed among the two hundred convicts who arrived in Sydney aboard the barque Norfolk in August 1829.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Raj has been kept prisoner by Barry, spending his time trying to figure out what went wrong with Leonard and Sheldon’s device while growing an exceptionally long beard.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
  • In the beginning of season 18, he was attacked by prisoners and woke up with no recollection of his identity or his past crimes.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

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“Abductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abductee. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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