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kidnappee

American  
[kid-nap-ee] / ˌkɪdˌnæpˈi /

noun

plural

kidnappees
  1. a person who has been or is being kidnapped.


Example Sentences

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Young Chang fairly howled with anguish at his inability to get Dictator Chiang to enter into the sort of negotiation which any orthodox kidnappee is usually eager to undertake with an orthodox kidnapper.

From Time Magazine Archive

So I sunk half of mine and Caligula's capital in as elegant a layout of fresh and canned provisions as Burdick Harris or any other professional kidnappee ever saw in a camp.

From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.

But even though the Giant was making counterfeit geese, the King, in his generosity, would ship to the Giant one out of every thirty eggs laid by the kidnappee.

From Rastignac the Devil by Farmer, Philip José

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