Synonyms of abduct

abduct

verb

ab-ˈdəkt 

as in to kidnap

to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully

the gangsters planned to abduct the industrialist's young daughter and demand a huge ransom from her family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kidnap
• capture
• seize
• snatch
• run off with
• impress
• make away with
• waylay
• steal
• make off with
• spirit
• hijack
• crimp
• take
• shanghai
• abscond (with)
• catch
• cop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliver
• return
• redeem
• rescue
• restore
• ransom

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abduct

Melissa Highsmith was abducted from her Fort Worth home in 1971 and reunited with her family 51 years later. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

Sacrifice is a Netflix original movie starring Chris Evans as an actor working on his comeback who gets abducted by an environmental group led by Anya Taylor-Joy. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

Investigators say he had been abducted, driven to another county, and brutally killed. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

She was kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez city in January last year, months before the Swiss citizen was abducted in the same city in April 2025. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026