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adj. - (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom.

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  • The father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother
  • The rebels were holding 24 Filipino seamen abducted from a German freighter last month.
  • Nairobi/Lagos - Twelve European sailors abducted from a German-flagged ship off the Niger
  • Peepoe, a female dolphin abducted by two males, manages to escape and stumbles on an alien habitat.
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