Synonyms of kidnapped

kidnapped 1 of 2

adjective

variants also kidnaped

as in abducted

Related Words

• abducted
• trapped
• subjugated
• subdued
• enslaved
• bound
• arrested
• ensnared
• indentured
• captured
• occupied
• imprisoned
• confined
• captive
• incarcerated
• caught
• jailed
• apprehended
• interned

Dissimilar Words

• free
• released
• unrestrained
• liberated
• unconfined
• freed
• delivered
• emancipated
• paroled
• enfranchised

kidnapped

2 of 2

verb

variants also kidnaped

past tense of kidnap

as in captured

to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully

the child of the wealthy industrialist was kidnapped and held for ransom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abducted
• captured
• seized
• snatched
• waylaid
• impressed
• made away with
• ran off with
• made off with
• hijacked
• spirited
• stole
• shanghaied
• took
• caught
• absconded (with)
• crimped
• copped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rescued
• delivered
• redeemed
• returned
• ransomed
• restored

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of kidnapped

Verb

Brabazon believes there was an accident after Shergar was kidnapped, and that the horse was killed. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Some thought he had been eaten by a tiger, but my dad was pretty sure he’d been kidnapped by the Chinese. — Taryn Simon, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

The report provides the most complete account to date of the attacks that gangs recently launched on the once peaceful farming community of Kenscoff near Port-au-Prince, with at least 164 people killed, more than 70 kidnapped and dozens missing. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Nora’s co-worker escaped through a back window and Carrillo effectively kidnapped Nora, leading her out to the car at gunpoint, according to Angel and Jazmin. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

The organization drew international attention in 2021, when 17 of its missionaries were kidnapped on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince by the 400 Mawozo gang. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Dechalus, Graham, Squirewell and Robinson are alleged to have broken into the man’s residence while he was kidnapped in search of marijuana and money, officials said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026

That is until his young niece and nephew are kidnapped at a birthday party following the fatal shooting of his diplomat brother and the latter’s wife (Constanza Andrade). — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026