abduct

English

Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abdūcō (“take away; seduce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æbˈdʌkt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)

1. (transitive) To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
   • 1904, Jules Verne, chapter 16, The Master of the World^[1]:

     That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.

2. (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

Synonyms

• kidnap
• seize

Derived terms

• abductee
• abductive

Related terms

• abduce
• abducens
• abducent
• abduction
• abductor

Translations

to take away

Bulgarian: отвличам (bg), похищавам (bg) Czech: unést (cs) Danish: bortføre (da), kidnappe (da) Dutch: ontvoeren (nl), kidnappen (nl) Esperanto: forrabi (eo) Finnish: siepata (fi), ryöstää (fi), abduktoida (fi) French: enlever (fr), ravir (fr) German: entführen (de) Hungarian: elrabol (hu) Ido: raptar Irish: fuadaigh (vn -ach) Italian: sottrarre (it), sequestrare (it), rapire (it) (people) Japanese: 誘拐する (yūkai suru)

Lithuanian: pagrobti Macedonian: одветува (odvetuva) Malay: culik Polish: uprowadzić (pl) Portuguese: raptar (pt), abduzir (pt), sequestrar (pt) Romanian: răpi (ro) Russian: похищать (ru) (poxiščát') impf., похитить (ru) (poxítit') pf. Spanish: raptar (es), secuestrar (es) Tagalog: dukot (tl) Thai: ลักพา (lak-paa); ฉุด (choot) Vietnamese: bắt cóc, cuỗm đi, lừa đem đi Welsh: cipio

to draw away from its ordinary position

Hungarian: elmozdít (hu) Ido: abduktar Italian: abdurre (it) Portuguese: abduzir (pt)

Romanian: abduce (ro) Spanish: abducir (es) Vietnamese: rẽ ra, giạng ra

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS): a - b - d - u - k - t

(Version: Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - u - k