kidnap
Example Sentences
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Beijing would seek to extradite or kidnap him if he were deported to a third country.
Resistance to slavery started in Africa, Ms. Gibson contends, citing examples of Africans who attacked European boats or liberated those who had been kidnapped.
Likely between age 8 and 15, she was enslaved by an ethnic Maya faction in present-day Tabasco state, though it is unclear if she was kidnapped or sold.
From Los Angeles Times
No group has said it was behind Sunday's raid, but the attack is part of a wider security crisis in Nigeria, with kidnapping for ransom becoming more common.
From BBC
"They took them from church on Sunday around 10am in the morning," says the mother of a kidnapped victim.
From Barron's
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