Sentence examples for abduction business from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "abduction business" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing illegal activities or fictional scenarios involving kidnapping or abduction as a form of organized crime.
Example: "The authorities are cracking down on the abduction business that has been operating in the shadows for years."
Alternatives: "kidnapping trade" or "abduction industry".

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Boko Haram's graduation into the abduction business has in part been a response to the Nigerian military's earlier decision to take relatives of Boko Haram members as hostages to put pressure on the group.

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Rachel L. Swarns (NYT) THE AMERICAS COLOMBIA: EX-AIDE KIDNAPPED A former development minister in President Andres Pastrana's cabinet, Fernando Araujo, was kidnapped from the Caribbean city of Cartagena, continuing a series of abductions in the business world in recent days, officials said.

Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an organization in Hong Kong that recently interviewed more than 3,000 petitioners, has documented what it says is the lucrative business of abduction and repatriation.

As unauthorized crossings have grown increasingly perilous, migrant abduction has become a lucrative business.

It's not really what I'd envisioned as a route into slavery: no abduction, no coercing, ostensibly no shady business.

"To look at it from the standpoint of a business enterprise, you need enough abductions to create a market, and then you get specialization of functions".

The police have confined their inquiries into Mr Sombath's abduction to the possibility of his having untoward "business conflicts" or personal enemies.

The abduction has drawn media attention to a growing problem in and around the Brazilian business capital of Sao Paulo, where 83 kidnappings for ransom have been registered this year, although the families of footballers have only recently joined those of business leaders as prime targets.

Past Summits have looked at the future of energy, education, and global business -- but during a time marred by devastating acts of terror, including the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria and wars that have forced thousands to flee their homelands, the 2016 Summit on Human Rights was particularly timely.

Even so, the local drug market has been blamed for some horrific crimes, including the abduction of 13 young people in May last year from an after-hours bar in one of the main business districts, a few blocks from police headquarters.

ANNALS OF COMMERCE about a visit to ShoWest, a movie theatre-owner's convention held in Las Vegas, and the business of movie exhibition... Describes the studio… Talk story about an alien-abduction theory which might explain the reasons behind President Clinton's affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

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