abducted

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Abducted from his luxury apartment and now imprisoned in mainland China, he was convicted of bribery and other misdeeds that prosecutors claimed had threatened the country’s financial security.

From New York Times • May 29, 2023

The wackiness of "Abducted in Plain Sight," the sheer brazen grifting at the core of "McMillions," and most of the cases profiled on "Dateline" all qualify.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2020

Her story is told in the Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2019

Another recent documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight, told the unbelievable story of a girl taken from under her parents’ noses by a neighbour who’d seduced them both.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2019

Abducted, of course; but why assume they were killed?

From The Affair of the Brains by Gilmore, Anthony