kidnapped
Example Sentences
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Authorities on Tuesday said they couldn’t rule out that she was kidnapped in order to get a ransom about an hour before TMZ reported it had received an alleged ransom note demanding millions in cryptocurrency for Guthrie’s release.
From Los Angeles Times
His fiancée Sapir Cohen, mother and grandmother were also kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
From BBC
Moran, an Ecuadorean Spanish speaker, told the emergency dispatcher that she had been kidnapped.
From Los Angeles Times
“Five hours later. Do you know how worried I’ve been? I thought you’d been kidnapped. I called the police.”
From Literature
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.
