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The news of a cluster of dog nappings—there have been three in Brooklyn in the past two months—has led some to be more wary of doing so.

Shortening the Leash Sumathi Reddy 2011

Helena has reported gnome-nappings but nobody's identified these particular little guys.

Garden Gnomes Found On Montana Trail 2010

Helena has reported gnome-nappings but nobody's identified these particular little guys.

Garden Gnomes Found On Montana Trail 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has faced a flurry of sometimes-violent wildcat strikes and "boss-nappings" in which workers protesting layoffs held their managers hostage.

Voters Wait for Europe's Fiscal Plans to Show Results 2009

Overall, other than a few boss-nappings and some local protests, things have been reasonably tranquil.

Spain Largely Avoids Unrest Even as Economy Slumps 2009

But most protests are being aimed at specific employers rather than governments -- including France's recent spate of "boss-nappings," in which workers detain executives in their own offices to protest job cuts.

U.S., Europe Are an Ocean Apart on Human Toll of Joblessness and Roger Thurow 2009

I am accustomed to viewing child-nappings and missing victims from our late twentieth-century bogeyman perspective.

Susie Bright: How Safe is Your Daughter? 2008

The fact the US has allowed Israel to respond to the Hezbollah attacks and kid-nappings with such excessive force and has not called on Israel for a immediate cease fire is most troubling.

Middle East Politics Divides Progressives 2006

The fact the US has allowed Israel to respond to the Hezbollah attacks and kid-nappings with such excessive force and has not called on Israel for a immediate cease fire is most troubling.

Middle East Politics Divides Progressives 2006

We are hearing of sponge-nappings also in Utah and Minnesota.

CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2004 2004