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by jt0 2357 days ago
Yes, this is what is meant. Specifically: "Extraordinary rendition, also called irregular rendition or forced rendition, is the government-sponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another with the purpose of circumventing the former country's laws on interrogation, detention and torture. Such renditions have been carried out (for example) by the United States government."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

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It would be much more honest to just use "unlawful rendition" as opposed to the terminology coined by the US government in order to make their illegal actions seem more palatable.
"Kidnap" is even simpler.