Definition of abductee
:a person who has been abducted
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Nintendo 1 Peach Peach, the perennial princess abductee in Nintendo's Mario series, is the quintessential damsel in distress, a controversial trope that's existed in forms of pop culture since antiquity.
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Nintendo 1 Peach Peach, the perennial princess abductee in Nintendo's Mario series, is the quintessential damsel in distress, a controversial trope that's existed in forms of pop culture since antiquity.
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On May 6, after three years in captivity, 82 of the young women were released—the latest and largest group of abductees to be freed—in exchange for five Boko Haram commanders.
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Thousands of abductees have been thrust, untreated, into communities that are not equipped to tend to their wounds.
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The rhythm of camp life enveloped the new abductees.
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That life was life as an abductee, life as a slave.
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The experience of the African abductees in the war was more tragic.
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Their abductees play an unspoken role in John and Evelyn’s relationship, but Young never puts all his cards on the table.
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1832
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