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
The remaining five defendants are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti’s leader and related charges, including recruiting the Colombian commandos.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
Italian tourist allegedly kidnapped, tortured for crypto in NYC
Fox News’ Chanley Painter reports on a crypto investor arrested in connection with an Italian tourist who claims he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks in a New York City apartment before escaping.
—Greg Norman , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
The defense has denied that Combs ever kidnapped Clark.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 May 2025
Rather than hunt for yet more treasure, however, Blaze just wants to hang out and play video games, but when he’s kidnapped by the evil Dreadmancer (think He-Man’s archenemy Skeletor), Dragonlord must pull together an Avengers-like team of bonkers heroes to save his dino buddy.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 May 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
Italian tourist allegedly kidnapped, tortured for crypto in NYC
Fox News’ Chanley Painter reports on a crypto investor arrested in connection with an Italian tourist who claims he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks in a New York City apartment before escaping.
—Greg Norman , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
The defense has denied that Combs ever kidnapped Clark.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 May 2025
Rather than hunt for yet more treasure, however, Blaze just wants to hang out and play video games, but when he’s kidnapped by the evil Dreadmancer (think He-Man’s archenemy Skeletor), Dragonlord must pull together an Avengers-like team of bonkers heroes to save his dino buddy.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kidnap
abduct
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As a longtime volunteer with Southwest Search Dogs, Swain trained her dogs, Spencer, a black Labrador retriever, and Rita, a yellow Labrador retriever, to follow scents up to five miles in efforts to find runaway or abducted children and adults in distress.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Not being able to abduct grade-schoolers is an affront to his clan’s heritage.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Kidnap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidnap. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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