kidnapping

Example Sentences

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"What they used to say is that under the law it's classified as kidnapping but it isn't kidnapping because she's my mum," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Sometimes, though, the birds recruit new helpers by kidnapping other groups’ young.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, China is known to have “conducted coerced repatriations of economic fugitives from the U.K. and kidnapping of dual nationals overseas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

In Glenn’s fiction debut, Lila Devlin, once one of the most famous actresses on the planet, returns to Los Angeles 10 years after the kidnapping and death of her daughter, Josie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Though John Surratt had been a conspirator in the kidnapping plot, he was not even in Washington on the evening of the assassination.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson