- present participle of kidnap.
kidnapping
Example Sentences
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Police have appealed to residents to report suspicious activity and security concerns as efforts continue to identify the victims and determine whether the remains are connected to unresolved kidnapping cases in the region.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Inspired by a notorious real-life kidnapping and adapted from the scripted Amazon Music/Wondery audio drama of 2022, “Hostage” once again stars Jon Hamm as Indianapolis media celebrity Fred Heckman—stolid, solid, proper, church-going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Not long after, after townsfolk thwarted an attempted kidnapping of a local grower, hundreds of people gathered in the sun-bleached central plaza and drafted a communique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The State Department has the nation of Haiti under a “Level 4 – Do not travel” advisory, due to the relatively high risk of “crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest, and limited health care.”
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
It had already survived four hundred years and a kidnapping when World War I arrived.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
