kidnapped
Example Sentences
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Samel, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant, was kidnapped from his home in Raleigh Road, Handsworth, on 27 March 2019.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
He has described himself as a "prisoner of war" and said the US military kidnapped him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ester Expósito stars in a screen version of Mercedes Ron’s popular romance novel about a business tycoon’s daughter who—after being kidnapped and then promptly returned—gets a very handsome protector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Plummer’s Getty is imperious and withholding, refusing to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson and seemingly puzzled that anyone would expect him to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It doesn't matter what you think of your father; you can't leave him with the constant worry that his son might have fallen into a canal, or been kidnapped."
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
