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kidnapped

adjective as in abducted

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His disappearance hit the headlines and raised eyebrows in the region, with his wife Winnie Byanyima, the head of the UN's organisation to tackle HIV and Aids, taking to social media to report that her husband had been "kidnapped" in Nairobi.

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Israeli intelligence located him in 1960, kidnapped him and brought him to Israel to stand trial on charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people.

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The fighting began in late July when Guzmán Salazar’s half-brother allegedly kidnapped Zambada and turned him over to U.S. authorities.

“This evening the terrorist organization Hamas released a document in which a kidnapped woman is allegedly seen killed,” the IDF said in a statement.

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But the only splash of crimson in her latest film, “Red One,” is the suit of Santa Claus, who has been kidnapped from the North Pole.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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