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Wrote another, of the scammers: They “basically psychologically kidnap you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"I thought they were going to kidnap us. I ran to a taco stand to take cover with the people there," Medina told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

At the same time, bald eagles were rumored to sometimes kidnap human babies and fly away with them in their talons.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

When Bin Salman first came to prominence as Saudi defense minister in 2015, he espoused a pugilistic foreign policy that saw him launch the unsuccessful offensive on the Houthis and kidnap Lebanon’s prime minister.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

And then to the friars: "You wicked wizards, you won't be able to kidnap that lovely princess and her lovely ladies in waiting!"

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

When a Frenchman kidnaps a woman from the rival town, his mother and her fellow villagers react with outrage and indignation, less at the abduction itself than at his apparent interest in a German woman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“Heretic,” the psychological thriller from A24 starring Hugh Grant as a fiendishly charming neighbor who kidnaps two young missionaries, took in $11 million, placing third.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2024

A changeling is what a fairy or demon or troll leaves behind when it kidnaps a human baby.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

The Ramayana depicts the victory of Hindu god Ram over the demon king Ravana after the latter kidnaps his wife, Sita.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023

Sarah and Jack and the clover elves are just about to celebrate their victory over the troll army when an ogre kidnaps Jack and sweeps him off to the hobgoblin king’s castle.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified the remains as that of Sharon Lee Gallegos, who was reported kidnaped on July 21, 1960, thanks to advanced DNA technology.

From Fox News ● Mar. 16, 2022

The multi-state search for her and the five-year search for who reportedly kidnaped her diverted resources from other cases, Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson said.

From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022

Nabih Berri, leader of the relatively moderate Shi'ite Amal militia, said he had learned that Waite had been arrested but not kidnaped, a distinction that offered little solace.

From Time Magazine Archive

In early 1985 the CIA was desperate to rescue William Buckley, its station chief in Beirut who had been kidnaped.

From Time Magazine Archive

Does one forget the clothes that their child wears when it was kidnaped?

From Nobody's Boy Sans Famille by Florence Crewe-Jones

Kevin Rideout - who was kidnapped outside his home in Niger's capital Niamey last year - was "in good health in the care of US officials", SIM International said in a statement on Friday.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Now a corporation called Barish-Estranza has kidnapped members of Dr. Mensah’s family, leading Murderbot to volunteer for a rescue mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

This time around, Enola’s impending wedding is interrupted when she learns Sherlock’s been kidnapped and needs rescuing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

In the fifth episode, Tom is kidnapped by the criminal Robbie Prendergast, played by the brilliant Tom Pelphrey.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

And Pa likes you a powerful lot, sir, but if he thinks you kidnapped me he’s gonna come ripping out after us like his hair’s afire.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Pankey’s attorney, Anthony Viorst, countered that prosecutors’ circumstantial evidence, Pankey’s overbearing personality and his obsession with “true crime” mysteries is not enough to convict him of kidnaping and murder.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

The Foleys also said some responsibility lies with American members of the media who failed to continue reporting on Foley's kidnaping, letting it fall out of the news cycle.

From US News ● Feb. 26, 2015

Press and government frenzy over hostages during the Carter and Reagan administrations probably encouraged kidnaping.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both women had told police complex kidnaping stories.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had never been quite sure about Major de Coverley, either, who, when he was not away renting apartments or kidnaping foreign laborers, had nothing more pressing to do than pitch horseshoes.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Despite its globe-trotting kidnapping plot, much of the movie’s tension comes down to people in rooms trying to persuade an old man to part with his money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Within days of Rideout's kidnapping, the US warned its citizens against travelling to Niger due to an "increased risk of terrorism, crime and civil unrest".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Stivers had been reprimanded two months before Nancy’s kidnapping for delays securing crime-scene evidence in a homicide case, according to his personnel records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Authorities said making the documents public is an investigative strategy aimed at generating fresh leads as the high-profile kidnapping case reaches the six-month mark.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Remembering the Lindbergh kidnapping and the Hindenburg catastrophe, she thought with dismay, “So much has happened in N.J.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow