abduct

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

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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.

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