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 Definitions of abduction  [æbˈdʌk ʃən]  

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Definition of 'abduction' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'abduction' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'abduction' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'abduction' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap
The president has been abducted.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ontvoering Arabic flag Arabic: خَطْف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отвличане
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rapto Czech flag Czech: únos German flag German: die Entführung
Danish flag Danish: bortførelse; kidnapning Greek flag Greek: απαγωγή Spanish flag Spanish: rapto, secuestro
Estonian flag Estonian: röövimine Farsi flag Farsi: آدم ربایی Finnish flag Finnish: sieppaus
French flag French: enlèvement Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲטִיפָה Hindi flag Hindi: अपहरण
Croatian flag Croatian: oteti Hungarian flag Hungarian: elrablás Indonesian flag Indonesian: penculikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: brottnám, mannrán Italian flag Italian: rapimento, sequestro Japanese flag Japanese: 誘拐
Korean flag Korean: 유괴 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pagrobimas Latvian flag Latvian: nolaupīšana; aizvešana (a
Malay flag Malay: melarikan Dutch flag Dutch: ontvoering Norwegian flag Norwegian: bortføring
Polish flag Polish: uprowadzenie, porwanie Persian flag Persian: آدم ربایی Pashto flag Pashto: د انسان تښتونه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rapto Romanian flag Romanian: răpire Russian flag Russian: увоз; похищение
Slovak flag Slovak: únos Slovenian flag Slovenian: ugrabitev Serbian flag Serbian: otmica
Swedish flag Swedish: bortrövande Thai flag Thai: การลักพาตัว Turkish flag Turkish: kaçırma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 綁架 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: викрадання Urdu flag Urdu: اغوا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự bắt cóc Chinese flag Chinese: 劫绑,绑架

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