Definition of abduct Abduct
/æbdʌˈkt/ - [abdukt] - ab•duct
We found 8 definitions of abduct from 5 different sources.
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What does abduct mean?
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| abduct - pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" | ||
| adduct draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle" | ||
| force, pull, draw impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| abduct - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" | ||
| kidnap, nobble, snatch | ||
| seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" | ||
| criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" | ||
| shanghai, impress take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- abduct (v. t.)
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. - abduct (v. t.)
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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abduct
To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. -
abduct
To move away from the midline of the body.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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abduct
ab-dukt′, v.t. to take away by fraud or violence.—ns. Abduc′tion, the carrying away, esp. of a person by fraud or force; Abduc′tor, one guilty of abduction: a muscle that draws away. [L. abducĕre. See Abduce.]
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🔤- abduct, verb, present, 1st person singular of abduct (infinitive).
- abduct, verb (infinitive).
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