as in to abduct
to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully
the child of the wealthy industrialist was kidnapped and held for ransom
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Recent Examples of kidnap
Avital Dekel-Chen was seven months pregnant when her husband was kidnapped and gave birth to their third daughter two months later.
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Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Husband and father Yarden Bibas was kidnapped separately and released this month.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Hersh Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped at the same time as Levy.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Or Levy, a computer programmer from Rishon LeZion, was kidnapped after fleeing the Nova festival with his wife Eynav.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
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Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Husband and father Yarden Bibas was kidnapped separately and released this month.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Hersh Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped at the same time as Levy.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Or Levy, a computer programmer from Rishon LeZion, was kidnapped after fleeing the Nova festival with his wife Eynav.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Kidnap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidnap. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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