kidnap
Example Sentences
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Wright's legal team had argued that there was insufficient evidence of an attempted kidnap, but a judge ruled against them.
From BBC
Nigeria faces multiple, overlapping security challenges beyond kidnappings, including an Islamist insurgency in the north-east, separatist violence in the south-east, and frequent clashes between herders and farmers in central regions over land and water.
From BBC
His fiancée Sapir Cohen, mother and grandmother were also kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
From BBC
Beijing would seek to extradite or kidnap him if he were deported to a third country.
Resistance to slavery started in Africa, Ms. Gibson contends, citing examples of Africans who attacked European boats or liberated those who had been kidnapped.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
