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.
kidnaped
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past participleof kidnap.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof kidnap.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
kidnapverb (used with object)to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
Example Sentences
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The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified the remains as that of Sharon Lee Gallegos, who was reported kidnaped on July 21, 1960, thanks to advanced DNA technology.
From Fox News ● Mar. 16, 2022
The multi-state search for her and the five-year search for who reportedly kidnaped her diverted resources from other cases, Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson said.
From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022
The series, edited by Charles Buxton Jr., pointed out that in 1984 the FBI received reports on only 67 children kidnaped by strangers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In early 1985 the CIA was desperate to rescue William Buckley, its station chief in Beirut who had been kidnaped.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wadsworth, Peleg, in Penobscot expedition, 68; kidnaped, 69; escapes from Fort George, 70, 71.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
