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Examples
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"Kidnaping," every other man said, and believed, and the detectives were on a still hunt again for the mysterious electric cab of election eve.
A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day Helen M. Winslow
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“No. Kidnaping for ransom is an ancient Chinese art.”
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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Kidnaping is not easy now as parents can telegraph to the king, or the prime minister, or even to Europe and cause much trouble.
Modern Persia Mooshie G. Daniel
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Kidnaping is a crime whose perpetrators can hope for no atom of sympathy from anybody.
Further Adventures of Lad Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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Kidnaping or "spiriting" achieved the perfection of a fine art under the second Charles.
Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making Samuel Peter Orth 1897
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"Kidnaping a girl of that age is a different thing from kidnaping a child."
The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles Percy James Brebner 1893
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Kidnaping has been an ever-enduring scenario not only in Niger Delta but other parts of Nigeria.
Vanguard News 2009
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Kidnaping certainly is very, very terrible, Jin-qua thought in agreement, for he was in constant fear that he or his children or his children’s children would be kidnaped and held for ransom.
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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