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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  • 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
Definition of kidnapped
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  • Just five days after his birth, officials say a woman who had befriended his mother at the hospital arrived at their home and abducted him.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Kim Hyun-joo plays Ryu So-young, whose son, Sun-woo, was abducted on a school camping trip.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of abducted
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  • Through the hotel, guests can sign up for snowshoe hikes or Bavarian curling lessons and rent ice skates and Nordic skis.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
  • James Carras, an affordable housing advocate who joined the meeting, argued people making below 80% of the area median income should be the ones renting the affordable housing under Live Local.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of rent
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  • Those who have been fully overtaken by the Bardo, with no hope of escape, are entrapped in giant puppet suits.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • How else could that show have ended, the way people were being entrapped, and, certainly, with the dubious legality of it all?
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of entrapped
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