Definitions for abductionæbˈdʌk ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ab•duc•tionæbˈdʌk ʃən(n.)

  1. the act of abducting.

  2. the state of being abducted.

  3. the illegal carrying or enticing away of a person, esp. by interfering with a relationship, as the taking of a child from its parents.

    Category: Law

Origin of abduction:

1620–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. abduction(noun)

    the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

  2. abduction(noun)

    (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

Wiktionary

  1. abduction(Noun)

    The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

  2. abduction(Noun)

    The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being.

    the abduction of a child

  3. abduction(Noun)

    A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.

  4. Origin: * First attested in 1626.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abduction(noun)

    the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away

  2. Abduction(noun)

    the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body

  3. Abduction(noun)

    the wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress

  4. Abduction(noun)

    a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable


Translations for abduction

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

abduction(noun)

to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap

The president has been abducted.

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