Usage examples of "kidnap" in English with translation to Spanish

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Translations: all11 secuestrar11
Why would anybody kidnap Tom? ¿Por qué alguien secuestraría a Tom?
Fat people are hard to kidnap. Las personas gordas son difíciles de secuestrar.
Mary was kidnapped by pirates. Mary fue secuestrada por piratas.
The journalist was kidnapped by terrorists. El periodista fue secuestrado por terroristas.
The king's son was kidnapped. El hijo del rey fue secuestrado.
Tom is wanted by the FBI for kidnapping. Tom es buscado por el FBI por secuestro.
Tom had nothing to do with the kidnapping. Tom no tuvo nada que ver con el secuestro.
What if someone kidnapped Tom? What would you do? ¿Qué tal si alguien secuestrara a Tom? ¿Qué harías tú?
To my surprise, the noted psychologist was accused of a kidnapping. A mi sorpresa, el connotado psicólogo fue acusado de secuestro.
Each year many children are kidnapped by members of their own families. Cada año, muchos niños son secuestrados por miembros de sus propias familias.
That's when we learned that the main post office was on fire and that they had kidnapped our president. Entonces fue cuando supimos que la oficina central de correos estaba ardiendo y que habían secuestrado a nuestro presidente.
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