abductee

noun

ab·​duct·​ee ˌab-ˌdək-ˈtē How to pronounce abductee (audio)
: a person who has been abducted

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More than 11 years on, at least 91 abductees are still missing or have unknown fates. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 But for the families of Japanese abductees who remain missing, some of whom were just teenagers when they were taken, there has been no closure or relief. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025 Since women were akin to territory, bringing back abductees from the enemy country symbolized a retrieval of it. JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025 Alon Ohel, a twenty-four-year-old pianist who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, was kept in a tunnel beneath Gaza, along with three other abductees. Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abductee

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of abductee was in 1832

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“Abductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abductee. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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