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to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully
the gangsters planned to abduct the industrialist's young daughter and demand a huge ransom from her family
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Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Nor has the unidentified son of the couple who was abducted.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Mohammed Salem | Reuters He was released early, however, in a highly controversial prisoner swap in 2011 that saw more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners exchanged for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who had been abducted by Hamas five years prior.
—Ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,natasha Turak, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Maloney, who was abducted by one of her parents as a child and lived in several different countries, also feels strongly in advocating for child-abduction victims.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Palestinians say 350 bodies recovered in Gaza Israel is still at war in Gaza more than a year after Hamas’ attack, in which some 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians, and another 250 were abducted.
—Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Morgan Nick was abducted from the parking lot of a Little League ballfield in the rural town of Alma on the evening of June 9, 1995, according to the Alma Police Department.
—Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Almost three decades after a 6-year-old girl was abducted in western Arkansas, modern forensic tests helped identify the suspect in her disappearance, authorities said this week.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
The victims were abducted at night while celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Adha and shot in the head at close range.
—Barnett R. Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2019
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At least 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 others abducted, according to Israeli authorities.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Nor has the unidentified son of the couple who was abducted.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Mohammed Salem | Reuters He was released early, however, in a highly controversial prisoner swap in 2011 that saw more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners exchanged for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who had been abducted by Hamas five years prior.
—Ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,natasha Turak, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Maloney, who was abducted by one of her parents as a child and lived in several different countries, also feels strongly in advocating for child-abduction victims.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Palestinians say 350 bodies recovered in Gaza Israel is still at war in Gaza more than a year after Hamas’ attack, in which some 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians, and another 250 were abducted.
—Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Morgan Nick was abducted from the parking lot of a Little League ballfield in the rural town of Alma on the evening of June 9, 1995, according to the Alma Police Department.
—Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Almost three decades after a 6-year-old girl was abducted in western Arkansas, modern forensic tests helped identify the suspect in her disappearance, authorities said this week.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
The victims were abducted at night while celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Adha and shot in the head at close range.
—Barnett R. Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2019
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