spirited (away or off)

past tense of spirit (away or off)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spirited (away or off)
Verb
  • But when the ruthless Mafia boss Nicola Grimaldi discovers his young son has been kidnapped and murdered, the suspect and Grimaldi’s former friend Vito seeks refuge with police.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Tanzi was on death row for more than two decades for the 2000 murder of 49-year-old Janet Acosta, who was attacked in broad daylight on her lunch break, kidnapped, raped and strangled.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Joe is abducted from his bed and delivered to a therapeutic boarding school with controversial methods.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Peterson has maintained that Laci was abducted by burglars.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Private villas were rented and transformed into extravagant replicas of the movies’ opulent Capitol, complete with servers in eccentric wigs, chocolate fountains that flowed for hours and enough colorful macarons to feed a small city.
    Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Another option would be renting out rather than selling your home.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
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“Spirited (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirited%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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