kidnapping

Example Sentences

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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

Two weeks after Ashaal’s kidnapping, Hani handed the recording and his analysis to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The sheriff investigating the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of US TV presenter Savannah Guthrie, says authorities believe they have a motive, but have not identified a suspect.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Poor Spangler had nothing to do with the assassination or the earlier kidnapping plot.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson