as in to abduct
to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully
the child of the wealthy industrialist was kidnapped and held for ransom
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Recent Examples of kidnap
All kidnapped at the same moment.
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
The tense series chronicles the search for missing Milo, the investigation into why he was kidnapped and the lives and secrets of the adults in his orbit, including Marissa and her husband Peter (Jake Lacy).
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Remembering Kayla Kayla Mueller was a 26-year-old humanitarian aid worker from Arizona who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 while helping Syrian refugees near the Turkish border.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Their victims have included multiple incidents targeting children, who have been murdered or kidnapped in large numbers.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
The tense series chronicles the search for missing Milo, the investigation into why he was kidnapped and the lives and secrets of the adults in his orbit, including Marissa and her husband Peter (Jake Lacy).
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Remembering Kayla Kayla Mueller was a 26-year-old humanitarian aid worker from Arizona who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 while helping Syrian refugees near the Turkish border.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Their victims have included multiple incidents targeting children, who have been murdered or kidnapped in large numbers.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kidnap
abduct
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Cissé received death threats several days before she was abducted, according to the Timbuktu mayor.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Climate regulations are being destructed, diversity programs are being reducted, innocent people are being abducted, AI systems are being inducted, and, on top of that, nuclear tests are now being conducted.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Kidnap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidnap. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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