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- noun Plural form of
kidnapping .
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Examples
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Phoenix police Chief Jack Harris noted that Arizona's capital city leads the nation in kidnappings — mostly involving human-smuggling syndicates that reflect federal policy failures.
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In recent years, the region also has seen an upswing in kidnappings, some of which have been committed by members of drug groups.
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First, the overall number of kidnappings is in decline.
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First, the overall number of kidnappings is in decline.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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In Nicaragua, Reagan supported Contra terrorists who attacked schools and medical clinics, used rape as a weapon of intimidation, engaged in kidnappings and torture, massacred villages, and mined harbors.
Damn them. 2004
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In Nicaragua, Reagan supported Contra terrorists who attacked schools and medical clinics, used rape as a weapon of intimidation, engaged in kidnappings and torture, massacred villages, and mined harbors.
Quote of the day 2004
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In Nicaragua, Reagan supported Contra terrorists who attacked schools and medical clinics, used rape as a weapon of intimidation, engaged in kidnappings and torture, massacred villages, and mined harbors.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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In the '80s, no one could have fathomed the 9/11 attack and Islamic terrorism reaching our shores, although long-term kidnappings of Americans were rife.
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City authorities say they also are cracking down on "illegal detentions" - a euphemism for kidnappings - and other criminal acts for the sake of the city's "social and financial order and stability."
The Seattle Times 2011
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French authorities suspect the kidnappings were the work of al-Qaida's North African branch.
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