disappeared persons
People gone missing
Disappeared persons are individuals who have vanished, typically through abduction or extrajudicial detention by state authorities or armed groups, with their fate and whereabouts concealed.
The term carries particular weight in contexts of political repression—Latin American dictatorships notoriously "disappeared" thousands of dissidents.
Families of the disappeared demanded answers from the government.
The passive construction emphasizes that these people didn't simply go missing; they were made to disappear.
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- lostUnable to navigate
- abductedTaken by force
- kidnappedTaken captive illegally
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