Being abducted is when someone uses force in order to take a person or a child away from their home or relatives while being kidnapped is being taken away or forcefully transporting a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. The kidnapping is usually done for a motive or for ransom.
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Abducted typically refers to the act of forcefully taking someone away without their consent, often for a specific purpose, while kidnapped involves the unlawful seizure and detention of someone, usually for ransom or other demands. Abduction can be for various reasons beyond ransom, such as coercion, whereas kidnapping often has a direct motive to extract something in return for the victim's release.
1. She was kidnapped and held for ransom. 2. The police believe the man has been kidnapped and hope to find him soon. 3. The terrorists released the kidnapped man after 2 months.
That person is Steven Stayner, who was abducted at the age of 7 along with another boy named Timmy White. They were kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell in 1972 and held captive for several years before Steven escaped with a new victim, Timothy White, in 1980.
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Kunta Kinte was kidnapped with his mother and sold into slavery. His story is famously depicted in the novel and TV series "Roots" by Alex Haley.
Misty Cummings lived with Ron Cummings for approximately six months before Haleigh Cummings was kidnapped in February 2009.