kidnapped

Example Sentences

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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

“First child born of English parents in the Americas. Who vanished with the rest of Roanoke Colony. Edward and Richard, the British princes who vanished from the Tower of London in 1483. Anastasia and Alexis, the two youngest children of Czar Nicholas II, who disappeared during the Russian Revolution. The kidnapped Lindbergh baby, the so-called Eaglet . . . It was my best rescue mission ever.”

From Literature

At this point, both authorities and the Guthrie family are trying to keep hope alive more than three weeks after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped.

From Los Angeles Times

Sydney police have appealed for the return of an 85-year-old whom they believe was kidnapped by mistake.

From BBC

“I felt like I was being kidnapped, bro.”

From Salon