How to Use kidnap in a Sentence

kidnap

verb

• Some are just folks off the street who get kidnapped or press-ganged into service in the navy.
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• He was born in Roman Britain and kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
• Others called for the return of the rest of the Israeli hostages kidnapped that day, some of whom are women.
  — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• In the early 1760s, a young child was kidnapped from her home in West Africa and sent to the Americas.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
• If she had been kidnapped, then why was there no ransom?
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• In 1993, his brother Udi was kidnapped and killed by members of Hamas.
  — Laura Klairmont, CNN, 5 July 2024
• The two women were kidnapped by Hamas from their homes in Kibbutz Nir Oz, the statement said.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• The plot to kidnap and kill a governor may seem like an anomaly.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022
• Elliot kidnaps her and keeps her in the attic of his second home.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
• Some were alleged to have kidnapped patients and held them against their will.
  — Hannah Bassett, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024
• After a massive hunt, she was found on the side of a road, bruised, chained and claiming she had been kidnapped.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 July 2024
• April 20-May 20 Someone may kidnap you to go on a wild ride today!
  — Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
• The thieves temporarily kidnapped the driver along with the truck.
  — Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• An American nurse and her child were kidnapped in Haiti last week.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2023
• There was Ocean View Cafe, the Ukrainian restaurant where a woman says that he must have been kidnapped.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2024
• The woman stalked, kidnapped, killed while walking home alone.
  — Tessa Fontaine, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• The two set their sights on Whitmer and hatched a plan to kidnap her, with Fox agreeing to recruit members.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022
• Then, a 12-year-old Petaluma girl, Polly Klaas, was kidnapped and later found dead.
  — Akiya Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• And then, a troop of redcoats storms the house looking for Jamie, which forces him to pretend to kidnap Lord John at gunpoint.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
• More news to know now An American nurse and her daughter were kidnapped in Haiti.
  — USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Choate was jailed, but a mob of hundreds of white people kidnapped him from his cell, tied him to the back of a car, dragged him across town, and lynched him in front of the courthouse.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 July 2023
• The men were accused of assisting in a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan.
  — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• Three men involved in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were sentenced to prison terms of seven, 10, and 12 years.
  — Byemma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
• Quill loves Kevin Bacon so much that the Guardians apparently want to kidnap him and bring him to Peter to cheer him up.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Nov. 2022
• The student learned the next day that his grandfather had been killed, and his grandmother and uncle were kidnapped.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
• But after Butcher invades their safe house and kills Neuman, Hughie ends the episode kidnapped by Vought forces.
  — Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024
• In total, eight members of their family were kidnapped, and three were killed.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• The jury convicted the 52-year-old Delphi man of two counts of murder and two counts of murder while kidnapping the girls.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
• Grim plays Jeannie, who’s been afraid to leave her and Norbert’s trailer since their baby was kidnapped years ago.
  — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• In January of that year, a 17-year-old was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint and raped.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024