kidnapping

Example Sentences

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Adedoja and Bakas were found not guilty of attempted kidnapping.

From BBC • May 14, 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

“No. This is not the commander. This is Foaly, the centaur. Is that the kidnapping lowlife human?”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer