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 Michael Mann has revealed that Scott Cooper will direct his Western project Comanche, inspired by the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman who was kidnapped by Comanches as a child and later lived as a Comanche woman. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025 Directed by William Wyler (Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday), the film saw the actress portray an artist who is kidnapped by a disturbed young man (Terence Stamp). Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 Prosecutors believe King allegedly kidnapped a woman in front of her house, putting her in his car and assaulting her before letting her out. Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025 Andrew Stanton, 38, was arrested earlier this month and charged with threats to assault, kidnap or murder a United States official after authorities linked him to several TikTok videos threatening agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, prosecutors said. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kidnap
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abduct
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  • Zalmanovich was abducted alive from his house at Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel and is thought to have been killed in captivity on November 17, 2023, at the age of 85.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • How was Robert Berchtold able to abduct Jan Broberg for a second time?
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Kidnap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidnap. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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