abduct
IPA: æbdˈʌkt
verb
- (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
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Examples of "abduct" in Sentences
- The men abducted the little child.
- He also aids in the abduction of Solca.
- The children were abducted by the criminal.
- The mention of the abduction is not redundant.
- Following the Roman example, they abduct the girls.
- The gang arranged the child's abduction and murder.
- The date of the abduction was specified as December 19.
- He illustrated on this occasion the plan for the abduction.
- And might ETs, on occasion, "abduct" CTs as well as humans?
- The teacher asked little mary and little mary said "abduct,"
- The example is of abductive reasoning, not deductive reasoning.
- The overwhelming subject is the abduction, not the individuals themselves.
- In the filing, Kaine Horman accused Terri Horman of going to the gym looking to "abduct" their daughter.
- Thousands of people are going to symbolically 'abduct' themselves and stand in solidarity with all the abducted children forced to fight as soldiers.
- That court motion also detailed an alleged sexual affair with one of Kaine's high school classmates, and a reported attempt to "abduct" the couple's young daughter Kiara.
- Petit Jackson also accuses the Thriller hitmaker's mother, Katherine Jackson, of scheming to "abduct" her when she was nine in a bid to preserve the superstar's "reputation".
- Ms Petit Jackson alleged that when she was nine years old, Jackson's mother Katherine devised a plan to "abduct" her and sent her to Belgium to protect her son's "reputation".
- The local part of a global rally, the event is orchestrated by a nonprofit called Invisible Children that's asking volunteers in 100 cities to "abduct" themselves, march to a public place and wait there until they are rescued by prominent state figures and media.
- The Ganymede myth was a cornerstone of Greek pederast culture, especially on the island of Crete, where inhabitants performed a ritual described by the Greek historian Ephorus: men would ceremonially "abduct" young boys, taking them into the countryside for two months of feasting, hunting, and sexual intercourse.