Abduct Definition

ăb-dŭkt
abducted, abducting, abducts
verb
abducted, abducting, abducts
To carry off by force; kidnap.
American Heritage
To take (a person) away unlawfully and by force or fraud; kidnap.
Webster's New World
To pull (a part of the body) away from the median axis: said of a muscle.
Webster's New World
To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.
American Heritage Medicine
To carry or lead a person away from where he wants to be or wants to go by use of force, threats, or deception.
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Origin of Abduct

  • Latin abdūcere abduct- ab- away ab–1 dūcere to lead deuk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Abduct Sentence Examples

  • If someone attempts to abduct you, make noise.

  • Here is the picture of the woman who tried to abduct the millionaire's young child.

  • They shoot to death four people that stop there and also abduct a woman.

  • For the senior prank each year, the current year's seniors abduct the mascot of our most hated rival.

  • Our successes consisted of the location of a lost girl, two more runaways, and the identification of a pedophile who attempted to abduct a young boy.

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