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1. (v.t.) abduct
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, esp. to kidnap.
2. abduct
to move or draw away from the axis of the body or a limb
Etymology: (1825–35; < L abductus, ptp. of abdūcere to draw away =ab-ab-+dūcere to lead)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
2. (verb) abduct
pull away from the body
"this muscle abducts"
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1. (verb) abduct
to take sb away illegally
a man abducted by a terrorist group
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1. (verb) abduct
to take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap
2. (verb) abduct
to draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position
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Sense: to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap
The president has been abducted.
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 Afrikaans: ontvoer |
 Arabic: يَخْطُف |
 Bulgarian: отвличам |
 Brazilian: raptar |
 Czech: unést |
 German: entführen |
 Danish: bortføre; kidnappe |
 Greek: απάγω |
 Spanish: raptar, secuestrar |
 Estonian: röövima |
 Farsi: آدم ربایی کردن |
 Finnish: siepata |
 French: enlever |
 Hebrew: לַחטוֹף |
 Hindi: अपहरण करना |
 Croatian: oteti |
 Hungarian: elrabol |
 Indonesian: menculik |
 Icelandic: nemaá brott, ræna |
 Italian: rapire, sequestrare |
 Japanese: 誘拐する |
 Korean: 유괴하다 |
 Lithuanian: pagrobti |
 Latvian: nolaupīt; aizvest (ar var |
 Malay: diculik |
 Dutch: ontvoeren |
 Norwegian: bortføre |
 Polish: uprowadzać |
 Persian: آدم ربایی کردن |
 Pashto: تښتونه، اختطاف |
 Portuguese: raptar |
 Romanian: a răpi |
 Russian: (насильно) увозить; похищ |
 Slovak: uniesť |
 Slovenian: ugrabiti |
 Serbian: oteti |
 Swedish: röva bort |
 Thai: ลักพาตัว |
 Turkish: kaçırmak |
 Taiwanese: 綁架 |
 Ukrainian: викрадати силою, обманом |
 Urdu: اغوا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: bắt cóc |
 Chinese: 劫持，绑架 |
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