kidnap
verb (used with object)
to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"To be chasing a scoundrel who has kidnaped a Princess is fun, you think so?"
From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris