Definition of abductee
: a person who has been abducted
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Shimada said Abe would make the case to Trump that releasing the abductees could help North Korea prove they can be trusted to negotiate in good faith after years of deception.
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The abductees' families last Friday urged Abe to seek Trump's help, saying this could be their last chance to win their aging loved ones' release.
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Since then, however, there has been little mention of abductees.
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Dozens of those girls are now free after the Nigerian government paid millions of dollars in ransoms and released high-level Boko Haram commanders, but many of the abductees were forced to marry their kidnappers and have yet to be released.
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Victims typically are released unharmed after ransom is paid, though security forces have rescued a few high-profile abductees.
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Victims typically are released unharmed after ransom is paid, though security forces have rescued a few high-profile abductees.
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Jenkins was found collapsed outside his home in Sado, northern Japan, on Monday and rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead, a group representing families of Japanese abductees to North Korea said Tuesday.
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Jenkins was found collapsed outside his home in Sado, northern Japan, on Monday and rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead, a group representing families of Japanese abductees to North Koreas said Tuesday.
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1832
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