What does abduct mean?
Definitions for abduct
æbˈdʌktabduct
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Princeton's WordNet
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatchverb
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
abductverb
pull away from the body
"this muscle abducts"
Wiktionary
abductverb
To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
abductverb
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.
Etymology: * First attested in 1834.
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abduct
To abduct generally means to forcibly take someone away against their will, often involving illegal actions. It may also refer to a particular type of movement in anatomy, where a body part or limb is moved away from the midline of the body.
abduct
Abduct generally means to forcefully or illegally take someone away against their will, often as part of a criminal act such as kidnapping. In the field of physiology, it can also refer to the movement of a limb or other body part away from the midline of the body.
Webster Dictionary
Abductverb
to take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap
Abductverb
to draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position
Etymology: [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See Abduce.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Abduct
ab-dukt′, v.t. to take away by fraud or violence.—ns. Abduc′tion, the carrying away, esp. of a person by fraud or force; Abduc′tor, one guilty of abduction: a muscle that draws away. [L. abducĕre. See Abduce.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of abduct in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of abduct in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of abduct in a Sentence
I can't really speak to you about the motive, i can just tell you it seems that Mollie Tibbetts followed her and seemed to be drawn to her on that particular day and for whatever reason Mollie Tibbetts chose to abduct her.
I can't really speak to you about the motive, i can just tell you it seems that he followed Mollie Tibbetts and seemed to be drawn to Mollie Tibbetts on that particular day and for whatever reason he chose to abduct Mollie Tibbetts.
People have known exactly why there shouldn't be an extradition agreement with China for years, the argument that it's better to have an extradition treaty than to abduct people illegally from Hong Kong -- are people really supposed to believe that ?
I can't really speak to you about the motive, i can just tell you it seems that Bahena Rivera followed her and seemed to be drawn to her on that particular day and for whatever reason, Bahena Rivera chose to abduct her.
Surratt's M.O. was rape; [it] was his motivating force. His M.O. was if there [weren't] children in the house, he would kill any threats – as in any men – and then he would rape the wife and then kill her there … If there were children in the home, he would kill the man and abduct the wife and kill her elsewhere – never bothered the kids … That was his pattern in all of them.
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- يخطفArabic
- отвличам, похищавамBulgarian
- unéstCzech
- cipioWelsh
- bortføre, kidnappeDanish
- entführenGerman
- απάγωGreek
- forrabiEsperanto
- secuestrar, abducir, raptarSpanish
- abduktoida, siepata, ryöstääFinnish
- enlever, ravirFrench
- elrabol, elmozdítHungarian
- abduktar, raptarIdo
- sottrarre, sequestrare, rapire, abdurreItalian
- 誘拐するJapanese
- RAPTOLatin
- pagrobtiLithuanian
- culikMalay
- kidnappen, ontvoerenDutch
- uprowadzićPolish
- abduzir, sequestrar, raptarPortuguese
- abduce, răpiRomanian
- похищать, похититьRussian
- dukotTagalog
- bắt cóc, [[rẽ]] [[ra]], [[giạng]] raVietnamese
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