kidnapped
Example Sentences
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“Five hours later. Do you know how worried I’ve been? I thought you’d been kidnapped. I called the police.”
From Literature
Resistance to slavery started in Africa, Ms. Gibson contends, citing examples of Africans who attacked European boats or liberated those who had been kidnapped.
Likely between age 8 and 15, she was enslaved by an ethnic Maya faction in present-day Tabasco state, though it is unclear if she was kidnapped or sold.
From Los Angeles Times
"They took them from church on Sunday around 10am in the morning," says the mother of a kidnapped victim.
From Barron's
Kidnapped by bumbling conspiracy theorists Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis, Michelle stares at her jailer calmly as she pitches them on letting her go.
From Los Angeles Times
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