abduct
abduct
Definition
ab·duct (ab dukt′, əb-)
transitive verb
- to take (a person) away unlawfully and by force or fraud; kidnap
- Physiol. to pull (a part of the body) away from the median axis: said of a muscle
Etymology: < L abductus, pp. of abducere, to lead away < ab-, away + ducere, to lead: see duct
ab·duc′·tor noun
abduct
Synonyms
abduct
Law Definition
v
- To carry or lead a person away from where he wants to be or wants to go by use of force, threats, or deception.
- To restrain or conceal a person in order to prevent his escape or rescue. See also kidnapping.
abduct
Usage Examples
Used with why or when
- when: Mulder's own sister was abducted when they were both children.
Object
- girl: Here, also, the abducted girl now lives.
- boy: Abducted boys and girls have been forced to fight and serve as porters, while many girls have also been pressed into sexual slavery.
- child: He abducted the children from their home in England, taking them to Saudi Arabia in contempt of court.
- woman: A large number of girls and young women abducted by rebels were raped and became pregnant.
- parent: A child was quickly returned when the abducting parent saw posters of himself and his child displayed at the Paris Eurostar terminal.
Subject
- alien: Max doesn't believe he was abducted by aliens, I believe he was.
- man: I thought only Americans were abducted by little green men.
- group: At least 10 journalists have been abducted by armed groups in Iraq in 2004, CPJ reports.
Modifying Another Word
- forcibly: Why Children Become Soldiers Many children are forcibly abducted to fight in wars.
- allegedly: May Kennedy from Culzean, was allegedly abducted from the castle by Sir John Cathcart.
- then: Young women and children were then abducted as the preferred " booty " for the raiders.
- also: They shoot to death four people that stop there and also abduct a woman.
- apparently: On the 11th, two fishermen, Charles Hickson & calvin Parker were apparently abducted at Pascagoula, MS.
Preposition: by
- alien: Max doesn't believe he was abducted by aliens, I believe he was.
- man: I thought only Americans were abducted by little green men.
- group: At least 10 journalists have been abducted by armed groups in Iraq in 2004, CPJ reports.
- terrorist: Friday, October 11, 2002 @ 6:55 AM No coolhand I wasn't abducted by terrorists!
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