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1. (n.) abduction
the act of abducting.
2. abduction
the state of being abducted.
3. abduction
the illegal carrying or enticing away of a person, esp. by interfering with a relationship, as the taking of a child from its parents.
Etymology: (1620–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abduction
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. (noun) abduction
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) abduction
the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away
2. (noun) abduction
the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body
3. (noun) abduction
the wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress
4. (noun) abduction
a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable
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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: ontvoering |
 Arabic: خَطْف |
 Bulgarian: отвличане |
 Brazilian: rapto |
 Czech: únos |
 German: die Entführung |
 Danish: bortførelse; kidnapning |
 Greek: απαγωγή |
 Spanish: rapto, secuestro |
 Estonian: röövimine |
 Farsi: آدم ربایی |
 Finnish: sieppaus |
 French: enlèvement |
 Hebrew: חֲטִיפָה |
 Hindi: अपहरण |
 Croatian: oteti |
 Hungarian: elrablás |
 Indonesian: penculikan |
 Icelandic: brottnám, mannrán |
 Italian: rapimento, sequestro |
 Japanese: 誘拐 |
 Korean: 유괴 |
 Lithuanian: pagrobimas |
 Latvian: nolaupīšana; aizvešana (a |
 Malay: melarikan |
 Dutch: ontvoering |
 Norwegian: bortføring |
 Polish: uprowadzenie, porwanie |
 Persian: آدم ربایی |
 Pashto: د انسان تښتونه |
 Portuguese: rapto |
 Romanian: răpire |
 Russian: увоз; похищение |
 Slovak: únos |
 Slovenian: ugrabitev |
 Serbian: otmica |
 Swedish: bortrövande |
 Thai: การลักพาตัว |
 Turkish: kaçırma |
 Taiwanese: 綁架 |
 Ukrainian: викрадання |
 Urdu: اغوا |
 Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc |
 Chinese: 劫绑，绑架 |
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