Collocations for "kidnap"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "kidnap" in context.
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kidnap
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- kidnapped [the tourists, two journalists, a businessman, several women]
- [tourists] were kidnapped whilst [working, visiting, reporting]
- kidnapped by [terrorists, fundamentalists, separatists]
- kidnapped for [money, a ransom]
- kidnapped from (their) [home, school, workplace]
- kidnapped in [Syria, Iran, the park]
- kidnapped at [gunpoint, knifepoint]
- kidnapped and held [captive, hostage, to ransom]
- kidnapped and [raped, murdered, executed]
- pleaded [guilty, innocent] to kidnap
- the charge of kidnap
- [reports, news] of a kidnap
- report a kidnap to the [police, authorities]
- the kidnap is still [ongoing, in progress]
- are demanding a ransom to end the kidnap
- negotiate in the kidnap
- a kidnap [victim, charge, case]