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Abduct

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. transitive

    "to abduct children"

  2. 2
    pull away from the body wordnet
  3. 3
    To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. transitive
  4. 4
    take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom wordnet

Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”). * (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.

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