kidnapping

Example Sentences

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The government has intensified actions to curb kidnapping, including introducing measures aimed at discouraging ransom payments.

From BBC • May 31, 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

Jason Pang questioned Hipolito’s belief of an attempted kidnapping.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Nurse Beverly would never be involved in a kidnapping.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix