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

Is the host worried about being kidnapped again during this year's premiere? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped from West Africa as a child and brought to Boston aboard a slave ship. — Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026

His girlfriend, meanwhile, is being held captive by the third in a long line of pirates who have kidnapped her and fallen in love with her beauty. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

Twenty-four children, many of whom were kidnapped, were located and safely returned home, according to the statement. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

The prosecutor's office said Jones and other unknown men planned to rob Banks and kidnapped a 30-year-old woman to get access to the apartment building. — Michael Guise, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Her existential crisis is cut short when Sherlock Holmes is kidnapped, thrusting Enola into a new mystery set in Malta. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

In Enola Holmes 3, Enola seems to be getting her happy ending by marrying Lord Tewkesbury, but the plan is disrupted by news that Sherlock has been kidnapped. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

In 1841, John Quincy Adams, a President turned congressman and Supreme Court advocate, appeared before the Court, seeking the freedom of people kidnapped from Africa who mutinied en route to America on the slave ship Amistad. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026