spirited (away or off)

verb

Definition of spirited (away or off)next
past tense of spirit (away or off)
as in fastened (on)

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  1. kidnapped
  2. abducted
  3. rent
  4. entrapped
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  • In March 1986, Mary Beth Whitehead and her husband went to a New Jersey hospital and kidnapped a baby girl.
    — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Body camera video released by the Atlanta Police Department shows the moment officers found two young sisters believed to have been kidnapped from their mother over the weekend.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of kidnapped
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  • The Georgia Bureau of Investigation had issued an Amber Alert for 4-year-old Zola Cooper and 11-month-old Norah Cooper, after investigators said they were abducted by their babysitter, 42-year-old Lakesha Brown.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Two girls abducted by their babysitter have been found safe, Atlanta police said Monday afternoon.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of abducted
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  • Supposedly scheming to raise rents in order to raise broker fees often pegged to rent prices, Compass went to war with Zillow, the most popular free real estate platform that never charges broker fees.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The pilot program will allow up to 10 short-term rental units in the Downtown Specific Plan area along Main Street to be rented out while the owners of the property are off site.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rent
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  • Robert is unwittingly entrapped, and has absconded with something mob bigwig Lombardi wants revenge for.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • There were 27 people inside the store at the time, including two who became partially entrapped but were able to free themselves and safely leave, according to local authorities.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of entrapped
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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 24 Aug. 2026.

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