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
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  • Kurosawa’s High and Low follows an executive whose son is mistakenly kidnapped, leading to an extortion plot.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • When his family is murdered and child kidnapped, a Neanderthal goes on an epic rampage journey to save her from the new dominant species.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of kidnapped
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  • Thousands of women and girls were abducted.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Emmett Till was the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of abducted
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  • Though insurance will cover the majority of expenses incurred by the Rays in renting the Yankees’ spring training facility, the Rays are responsible for the costs of upgrading an adjacent field, where the Yankees’ Low-A affiliate, the Tampa Tarpons, play their regular-season games.
    Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • After all, there’s a big difference between buying a seat on a rocket and renting out facilities on a space station.
    Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of rent
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