abducted
Example Sentences
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Viet Tan called their arrest a "blatant fabrication intended to conceal the fact that the Viet Tan members were abducted in Cambodia and forcibly taken to Vietnam".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Using tribal power and rigorous detective work, a family of an army officer in Yemen tries to find out how he was abducted in broad daylight, and what happened to him afterward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The actor stars in a series on MGM+ about a man in 1970s Indianapolis who abducted a mortgage lender and discussed it live on air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In fact, scores of American citizens have been abducted off the street and detained.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He’d think Ed lost my mind the way Grandpa had, or that Ed run away or been abducted or taken a nosedive off the cliffs.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
