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

A number of people who were at the Nova Music Festival, where many Israelis were killed or kidnapped, worked on the movie and all the characters in the film are based on real people, who had their names changed. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Several drug gangs known for attacking civilians and politicians operate in the area where Almaraz was kidnapped Saturday, including the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels. — Alfredo Peña, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Several drug gangs known for attacking civilians and politicians operate in the area where Almaraz was kidnapped Saturday, including the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Singh was kidnapped in February from the Tracy Gurdwara in the middle of the day. — CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Advertisement Among those Newsom met with was Jess Nichol, whose stepsister Polly Klaas was kidnapped and murdered in 1993 at age 12. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Stephen Miller is the architect of the unconstitutional ICE raids that have terrorized our communities and kidnapped and killed American citizens and immigrant families. — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

When Sita is kidnapped, and Rama comforts the dying Jatayu — who, by the way, features briefly in these missing scenes as well, making his climactic arrival less sudden — there’s a sense of direct causality to these events. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026

Fake-Kidnapping Scam You get kidnapped and call your grandfather. — Jack Handey, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026