kidnapped

Example Sentences

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He is the co-author of "Bring Back Our Girls," an account of the rescue effort to free 276 teenage schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram, which was named the Overseas Press Club’s best nonfiction book on international affairs of 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We have not been notified of any reports of Americans being injured, kidnapped, or killed... and Mexican drug cartels know that they must not touch a single hair on any American or they will suffer serious consequences under this president,” Leavitt said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Frederick and Bruno found me and kidnapped me, and I almost got away until a gnome found me and announced the birth of Opal’s baby. Then I had to come. Did you know that magic can force you to do something you don’t want to?”

From Literature

But police insisted she left for Mexico of her own accord and was not kidnapped.

From Los Angeles Times

The biggest source of concern and trauma comes from family members who are trying to figure out whether their family member has been kidnapped or whether they’re in immigration detention, and they can’t find out for several hours.

From Slate