Kidnapped
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His fiancée Sapir Cohen, mother and grandmother were also kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
From BBC
Moran, an Ecuadorean Spanish speaker, told the emergency dispatcher that she had been kidnapped.
From Los Angeles Times
“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
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