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How to use kidnapper in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Kidnapper means a person who kidnaps someone. Example: “He was allowed to go as soon as the kidnappers were paid.”

More sentences with kidnapper

  • He was allowed to go as soon as the kidnappers were paid.From the entry pay
  • My kidnappers had bound me hand and foot so any attempt at escaping was of no avail.From the entry bind hand and foot
  • The kidnapper came to a sticky end when he crashed his car into a tree.From the entry sticky end
  • The kidnappers released him as (was) agreed.From the entry as
  • "How did you get your hands on it?" The kidnapper shrugged, coyly.2016, K. Lache, Valor, →ISBN. From the entry a magician never reveals his secrets
  • "I have my ways." "Which are what, exactly?" The kidnapper tsked, shaking a finger at him.2016, K. Lache, Valor, →ISBN. From the entry a magician never reveals his secrets
  • Crystal might have said that those perfect lips were zipped, but the kidnappers had no way of knowing that.2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry let sleeping dogs lie
  • The program contains lexical information about the domain of crimes, committed by actors such as bankrobbers, hi-jackers, burglars, and kidnappers.1991, Ruth M.J. Byrne, “The Construction of Explanations”, in Michael F. McTear, Norman Creaney, editors, AI and Cognitive Science ’90…. From the entry bankrobber
  • Even the Russian contraktniki, or freelance fighters, were not as feared as Mr Kadyrov's private army of kidnappers, torturers and executioners were.2004 May 11, “Prisoners of the Caucasus”, in The Guardian. From the entry executioner
  • After several adventures they discover that their kidnappers (hermafrodites, with faces that look like the Sphinx) again offer them a new garden of eden.2002 April 1, Rogier Schaaf, “Searching...”, in uk.people.sf-fans (Usenet), retrieved 11 Apr 2022. From the entry hermafrodite

Meaning of kidnapper

  1. noun A person who kidnaps someone.

Full definition of kidnapper

Questions about kidnapper in a sentence

How do you use kidnapper in a sentence?
Kidnapper is used as a noun. For example: “He was allowed to go as soon as the kidnappers were paid.”
What is a short sentence with kidnapper?
“The kidnappers released him as (was) agreed.”
What does kidnapper mean?
Kidnapper means a person who kidnaps someone.

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