Antonyms for kidnapped

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kid-napt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪd næpt

Definition of kidnapped

Origin : 1680s, compound of kid (n.) "child" and nap "snatch away," variant of nab; originally "steal children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies." Related: Kidnapped; kidnapping.

adj abducted

Example sentences :

It was just a few days after the incident that the Arrillians kidnapped Tyndall.
Extract from : « Grove of the Unborn » by Lyn Venable

If I lose my way, or Hephzy is kidnapped, I'll speak to the police or telephone you.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Wonder in the world to me you're not kidnapped for pantaloonses.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Elucidate the accident, by which you had me kidnapped to be sold into slavery.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Then she smiled faintly, and said, 'Wouldn't it be romantic to be kidnapped?'
Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major

So he must have been kidnapped or something after all, sir, or he would be in chokey now.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

"Kidnapped off the sandbank," he continued, looking at her fixedly to see how she would take it.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Didn't your men leave him in the cabin when you kidnapped me?
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

It was even whispered that President Hargreaves had not been kidnapped at all.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

From the police point of view he will have kidnapped the boy for the purpose of ransom.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for kidnapped

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