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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 kidnapped
Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
And then, just as suddenly, she’s kidnapped by some Russian goons and forced to race through the neighborhood’s underbelly in a desperate search for her missing beau, who is on an epic bender.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
The trance festival in southern Israel’s Negev Desert was one target of the militant group’s rampage in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
—Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The stakes get even higher when it’s then revealed that the man who shot Martel, Roy Darrow, also shot his ex-wife, kidnapped his toddler son and his hunting down his older son, Nate.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Morgan Nick was kidnapped from the parking lot of a Little League baseball field in the city of Alma, near the Oklahoma border, on the night of June 9, 1995, according to the Alma Police Department.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
When her baby is kidnapped, a young mother’s world is instantly shattered.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
The day she was kidnapped, Jessyca's parents both immediately knew who had taken their daughter, according to ABC News.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Homero explains that he was once kidnapped by a local criminal group.
—Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
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But then came the shock of the terror attacks, when Hamas and other militant groups killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped some 250 more into Gaza.
—Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
And then, just as suddenly, she’s kidnapped by some Russian goons and forced to race through the neighborhood’s underbelly in a desperate search for her missing beau, who is on an epic bender.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
The trance festival in southern Israel’s Negev Desert was one target of the militant group’s rampage in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
—Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The stakes get even higher when it’s then revealed that the man who shot Martel, Roy Darrow, also shot his ex-wife, kidnapped his toddler son and his hunting down his older son, Nate.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Morgan Nick was kidnapped from the parking lot of a Little League baseball field in the city of Alma, near the Oklahoma border, on the night of June 9, 1995, according to the Alma Police Department.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
When her baby is kidnapped, a young mother’s world is instantly shattered.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
The day she was kidnapped, Jessyca's parents both immediately knew who had taken their daughter, according to ABC News.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Homero explains that he was once kidnapped by a local criminal group.
—Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
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