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kidnapped

/kˈɪdnˌæpt/verb2 syllables

Kidnapped means: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.

Synonyms for kidnapped4

verb, as in take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch

What does kidnapped mean?1

verb

1

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom“The industrialist's son was kidnapped”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Kidnapped in a sentence

  • Married women are rarely kidnapped, because nobody's confident their ransom will ever be paid.ddnktr
  • They kidnapped me, pumped me up with drugs, and then brainwashed me.AlanF_US
  • They kidnapped me, drugged me, and then brainwashed me.CK
  • Sami kidnapped dozens of women, cooked them and ate them.OsoHombre
  • That child may have been kidnapped on his way home.CK
  • Each year many children are kidnapped by members of their own families.Source_VOA
  • Ziri was kidnapped out of his own home.Amastan
  • Lorenzo was almost kidnapped by a creepy-looking couple.Amastan

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