- present participle of kidnap.
kidnapping
Example Sentences
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Asked whether the captured man was involved in Zambada’s kidnapping, Harfuch said the matter was still under investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
David Stivers, was reprimanded two months before Nancy’s kidnapping for “poor judgment,” blamed for delays securing crime-scene evidence in a homicide case, personnel records from a public-records request show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Authorities stressed they have not confirmed that claim and continue to investigate the case as an active kidnapping.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
US television star journalist Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal Saturday for anyone with information about her mother's disappearance to come forward, saying "we are begging for help" six months after the kidnapping took place.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Two white men, Roy Bryant and his half brother J. W. Milam, have been charged with kidnapping.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
