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

Emmett Till, 14, was kidnapped and lynched by White men in Money, Mississippi. — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Her backstory is littered with half-truths and deceptions, including a lie that her mentally disabled younger sister was murdered after being kidnapped. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

One of the main storylines in season three is Joe (Saldaña) being kidnapped following the operation in Ukraine to capture a high-ranking Russian intelligence agent. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The film’s climax comes after Jean Grey is captured and detained by the Department of Damage Control (DODC), the same agency that kidnapped her sister, Sara (Olivia Booth-Ford). — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

The victims in the Muslim-majority Woro were rescued this week alongside 145 other victims who had been kidnapped, mostly from the neighboring Niger state. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Special rules apply to adopted, kidnapped, or foster children; those who were born and died in the same year; and children of divorced or separated parents. — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

Police say a 3-year-old boy who was kidnapped during a home invasion in Van Nuys on Wednesday morning has been found. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

More than eleven hundred people were kidnapped in northern Nigeria in the first three months of 2026, according to Amnesty International. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026