kidnapped
Example Sentences
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He has described himself as a "prisoner of war" and said the US military kidnapped him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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
Nigeria's army has said it safely rescued 33 people after they were kidnapped by armed men while travelling through the country's north-western Zamfara state.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Bad calls, bad luck and bad blood between county and federal leaders complicated the search for Savannah Guthrie’s kidnapped mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In France, a land of love affairs, this explanation—that the Mona Lisa was kidnapped by a would-be lover—seemed logical, maybe even inevitable.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
