How to Use kidnap in a Sentence

kidnap

verb
  • But who would want to kidnap them?
    — Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Olivia turns out to be kidnapped and alive.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • All were kidnapped at the same moment.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • All were kidnapped at the same moment.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2026
  • All kidnapped at the same moment.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
  • My, uh, girlfriend got kidnapped last night.
    — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Ohad Ben Ami stands in the house where he was kidnapped.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • On a far wall is an array of photos of those who died and those kidnapped.
    — Karen-Janine Cohen, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
  • That was enough to foil my captor’s attempt to kidnap her.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Then his parents were kidnapped.
    — ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • Some were alleged to have kidnapped patients and held them against their will.
    — Hannah Bassett, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Ferrer fears he could be kidnapped by cartels along the way, again.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Some are just folks off the street who get kidnapped or press-ganged into service in the navy.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The woman stalked, kidnapped, killed while walking home alone.
    — Tessa Fontaine, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • The plot to kidnap and kill a governor may seem like an anomaly.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Elliot kidnaps her and keeps her in the attic of his second home.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • There were suspicions that he was kidnapped.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The Israelis tried to keep track of him, but never tried to kidnap him.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
  • All four are charged with conspiring to kidnap and kill Moïse.
    — Tania Francois, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Artemis decides to kidnap a fairy and hold her for ransom to fund his search for his father.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2020
  • Jimenez and Garfias were found not guilty of kidnapping the victim.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Slave catchers could capture them, kidnap them and drag them back South.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Both brothers were kidnapped along with their families from their homes.
    — Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • She gets kidnapped, but Chelsea manages to rescue her.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
  • One night, Mitchell left their campsite dressed in dark clothes and with a knife in hand to kidnap the young girl.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 June 2025
  • Vahid reacts rather than thinks, through his need for vengeance, and kidnaps Eghbal in a van.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • An American nurse and her child were kidnapped in Haiti last week.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2023
  • So when the Hogfather is kidnapped, Death has to fill in.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • No one saw what happened, but King was able to kidnap Lee at gunpoint.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • After a massive hunt, she was found on the side of a road, bruised, chained and claiming she had been kidnapped.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 July 2024

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