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    abduct
    /əbˈdʌkt/

    verb

    • 1. take (someone) away by force or deception; kidnap: "the millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted"
    • 2. (of a muscle) move (a limb or part) away from the midline of the body or from another part: "the posterior rectus muscle, which abducts the eye"

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  2. ABDUCTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of abduct 2. to force someone to go somewhere with you, often…. Learn more.

    • Abduct

      abduct verb [T] (MOVE BODY PART) medical specialized. to...

    • Abducted

      Quite a few of these were abducted from small towns and...

  3. Examples of abduct in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Existing bosses die, move away, get fired, or are abducted by aliens. Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024 This time, women are mysteriously abducted by a terrifying headless entity.

  4. Quite a few of these were abducted from small towns and villages rather than being volunteers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some people prefer to adduct the other fingers and some abduct the other fingers so as not to disturb manipulation.

  5. abduct verb [T] (MOVE BODY PART) medical specialized. to move a part of the body away from the central part of the body or away from another body part: Listen for a clicking sound as the child's hips are abducted. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › KidnappingKidnapping - Wikipedia

    Motives for kidnappings vary. Criminal gangs and insurgent groups may engage in kidnappings for economic reasons, to exert territorial control, to generate support, or as bargaining leverage. [1][2][3] Kidnapping of a child is known as child abduction, which is a separate legal category.

    Country
    Reported Annual Kidnappingsper ...
    Year
    0.14
    2022
    0.49
    2022
    0.0
    2019
    1.07
    2022
  7. Definition of abduct verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Jul 18, 2022 · The UN's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict publishes new guidelines to help monitor and report on the abduction of children in conflict situations. The abduction of children is often linked with other grave violations, such as sexual violence, recruitment, and denial of humanitarian access.