Abduction

//əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩//

Synonyms for "abduction" (37 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

kidnapping apprehension arrest arrestation capture

Noun(3 words)

abductive reasoning abstraction appropriation

Strong matches (11)

catch catching collaring coup crimping dragnet forcible seizure grab grabbing hold impressment

Related words (18)

Noun(4 words)

kidnapping retroduction seizure withdrawal

nabbing picking up power grab prehension rape retroduction running in seizure seizure of power shanghaiing snatch snatching taking in taking into custody

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

6 entries

capture motility motion move movement seizure

Antonyms

1 entries

adduction

Synonyms

2 entries

kidnapping retroduction

Related terms

3 entries

abduce abduct abductive

derived

5 entries

abductional alien abduction hyperabduction milab military abduction

derived from

1 entries

duction

has context

3 entries

anatomy logic physiology

is a

2 entries

capture motion

related to

35 entries

abduce abduct alien aliens aliens stealing argument axis bad by aliens carry carry off children crime draw evident forcible

Showing 16 of 35 words.

Translations

118 translations across 41 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

اِخْتِطَاف noun (leading away, carrying away)

Armenian

1 entries

հափշտակում noun (leading away, carrying away)

Belarusian

1 entries

выкрада́нне noun (leading away, carrying away)

Bulgarian

4 entries

абду́кция noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
отвли́чане noun (leading away, carrying away)
отвличане noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)
похище́ние noun (leading away, carrying away)

Catalan

2 entries

abducció noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
segrest noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

綁架 /绑架 noun (leading away, carrying away)

Czech

3 entries

abdukce noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
únos noun (leading away, carrying away)
únos noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Danish

4 entries

abduktion noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abduktion noun (logic: type of syllogism)
bortføring noun (leading away, carrying away)
bortføring noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Dutch

4 entries

abductie noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abductie noun (logic: type of syllogism)
afvoering noun (leading away, carrying away)
kidnapping noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Esperanto

3 entries

forkapto noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)
forrabo noun (leading away, carrying away)
kidnapo noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Finnish

4 entries

abduktiivinen päättely noun (logic: type of syllogism)
abduktio noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abduktio noun (logic: type of syllogism)
ihmisryöstö noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

French

4 entries

abduction noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abduction noun (logic: type of syllogism)
enlèvement noun (leading away, carrying away)
enlèvement noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Georgian

2 entries

აბდუქცია noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
მოტაცება noun (leading away, carrying away)

German

4 entries

Abduktion noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
Abduktion noun (logic: type of syllogism)
Entführung noun (leading away, carrying away)
Entführung noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Greek

4 entries

απαγωγή noun (leading away, carrying away)
απαγωγή noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
απαγωγή noun (logic: type of syllogism)
απαγωγή noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Hindi

2 entries

अपवर्तन noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
अपहरण noun (leading away, carrying away)

Hungarian

2 entries

eltérítés noun (leading away, carrying away)
emberrablás noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Icelandic

1 entries

fráleiðsla noun (logic: type of syllogism)

Indonesian

2 entries

abduksi noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abduksi noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Irish

1 entries

fuadach noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Italian

4 entries

abduzione noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abduzione noun (logic: type of syllogism)
rapimento noun (leading away, carrying away)
rapimento noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Japanese

3 entries

拉致 noun (leading away, carrying away)
誘拐 noun (leading away, carrying away)
誘拐 noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Korean

3 entries

납치 noun (leading away, carrying away)
랍치 noun (leading away, carrying away)
유괴 noun (leading away, carrying away)

Latin

2 entries

abductiō noun (leading away, carrying away)
raptiō noun (leading away, carrying away)

Latvian

1 entries

nolaupīšana noun (leading away, carrying away)

Lithuanian

2 entries

grobimas noun (leading away, carrying away)
pagrobimas noun (leading away, carrying away)

Macedonian

1 entries

киднапи́рање noun (leading away, carrying away)

Malay

1 entries

penculikan noun (leading away, carrying away)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

abduksjon noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abduksjon noun (logic: type of syllogism)
bortførelse noun (leading away, carrying away)
bortførelse noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Polish

4 entries

abdukcja noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abdukcja noun (logic: type of syllogism)
porwanie noun (leading away, carrying away)
uprowadzenie noun (leading away, carrying away)

Portuguese

3 entries

abdução noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abdução noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)
sequestro noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Romanian

4 entries

abducție noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abducție noun (logic: type of syllogism)
răpire noun (leading away, carrying away)
răpire noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Russian

4 entries

абду́кция noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
абду́кция noun (logic: type of syllogism)
похище́ние noun (leading away, carrying away)
похище́ние noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

òtmica noun (leading away, carrying away)
о̀тмица noun (leading away, carrying away)

Slovak

1 entries

únos noun (leading away, carrying away)

Slovene

2 entries

ugrabitev noun (leading away, carrying away)
ugrabitev noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Spanish

4 entries

abducción noun (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
abducción noun (logic: type of syllogism)
rapto noun (leading away, carrying away)
rapto noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Tamil

3 entries

கடத்தல் noun (leading away, carrying away)
கடத்தல் noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)
கடத்து noun (leading away, carrying away)

Turkish

1 entries

adam kaçırma noun (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ви́крадення noun (leading away, carrying away)
викрада́ння noun (leading away, carrying away)

Vietnamese

1 entries

sự bắt cóc noun (leading away, carrying away)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Tom was involved in Mary's abduction.

Source: tatoeba (3925035)

Tom, an experienced reporter, was investigating the recent abduction of three children in the city.

Source: tatoeba (3925037)

No abduction had been reported in that town since 1965.

Source: tatoeba (4009201)

Layla witnessed her mother's abduction.

Source: tatoeba (6053689)

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