What (who) is abduct - definition
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abduct
v. a.
Take away (surreptitiously or forcibly, or both), kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with, spirit away, drag away.
abduct
v. (D; tr.) to abduct from (to abduct a child from its home)
Abduct
·vt To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
II. Abduct ·vt To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to Kidnap.
Pronunciation examples for abduct
1. I sent the Minotaur
to abduct her.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
2. somebody is not trying to abduct me.
Krav Maga _ Gershon Ben Keren _ Talks at Google
3. are instructing other governments to abduct the
Dirty Wars _ Jeremy Scahill _ Talks at Google
4. and abduct her, and keep her in a glass box,
Fairy Tale - A Very Short Introduction _ Marina Warner _ Talks at Google
5. flex at the elbow, abduct and flex at the shoulder.
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Examples of use of abduct
1. The insurgents however have vowed to abduct more foreigners.
2. Terrorists also tried, unsuccessfully, to abduct the acting Pakistani ambassador.
3. The fugitives also planned to abduct the soldiers.
4. Local tribesmen often abduct foreigners to press for their demands.
5. Our answer: Not necessary. • UPDF abduct, murder, children in Adilang.