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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 kidnapped
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
The story follows Ronnie, a young runaway struggling to survive on the street, who is taken in by Audrey (Zellweger), a lonely woman whose own son was kidnapped 20 years prior.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
The film follows Ronnie, a young runaway struggling to survive on the street, who is taken in by Audrey (Zellweger), a lonely woman whose own son was kidnapped 20 years prior.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
When the good doctor gets word that Dawod has been kidnapped back in Baghdad, his dream life with Katie slips away like sand.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a school in northern Nigeria in 2014, many of whom were Christian.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Police also questioned Daniels sister, who said she had been kidnapped elsewhere in Kansas City the day before.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Emma Stone plays Michelle Fuller, the powerful leader of pharmaceutical company Auxolith, who gets kidnapped by Teddy (Jesse Plemons), a conspiracy theorist convinced Michelle is really an Andromedan — an extraterrestrial sent to Earth to destroy it.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
In 2021, the most recent year for which there’s data, more than 800,000 Filipinos were kidnapped by the gangs who dominate this trade in the South Pacific.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
Phantom Son will center on Ronnie, a young and struggling runaway taken in by Audrey (Zellweger), a lonely woman whose own son was kidnapped twenty years earlier.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
The story follows Ronnie, a young runaway struggling to survive on the street, who is taken in by Audrey (Zellweger), a lonely woman whose own son was kidnapped 20 years prior.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
The film follows Ronnie, a young runaway struggling to survive on the street, who is taken in by Audrey (Zellweger), a lonely woman whose own son was kidnapped 20 years prior.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
When the good doctor gets word that Dawod has been kidnapped back in Baghdad, his dream life with Katie slips away like sand.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a school in northern Nigeria in 2014, many of whom were Christian.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Police also questioned Daniels sister, who said she had been kidnapped elsewhere in Kansas City the day before.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Emma Stone plays Michelle Fuller, the powerful leader of pharmaceutical company Auxolith, who gets kidnapped by Teddy (Jesse Plemons), a conspiracy theorist convinced Michelle is really an Andromedan — an extraterrestrial sent to Earth to destroy it.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
In 2021, the most recent year for which there’s data, more than 800,000 Filipinos were kidnapped by the gangs who dominate this trade in the South Pacific.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kidnapped
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The 1949 Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act provides the framework by which Lajo’s husband and brother return from India to get her; under that edict, India and Pakistan agreed to exchange abducted women.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Over 1,000 people were murdered and hundreds more abducted.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Free of blood and gore, Nightbooks follows a kid who loves scary stories until he is forced to tell a new one every night or stay trapped in a witch's lair forever.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Some people remain trapped under the rubble.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Kidnapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidnapped. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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