abduct
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, əb-; sense 2 also ˈab-ˌdəkt
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While 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was in bed at her Salt Lake City home on June 4, 2002, Brian David Mitchell broke in and abducted her. — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, "How Jayme Closs, Elizabeth Smart, Jaycee Dugard and Others Survived Headline-Making Abductions," 19 Aug. 2019 Authorities said the suspect told them he had hit Eaton twice with his car before abducting her. — Fox News, "Greek police name suspect accused of killing American scientist," 20 July 2019 The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association said its president, Peter Magombeyi, was abducted Saturday, days after receiving threats on his phone. — SFChronicle.com, "News of the Day From Around the World, Sept. 16," 15 Sep. 2019 The Amber Alert said Nalani was abducted by 25-year-old Sharena Nancy. — Robert Gearty, Fox News, "Woman arrested in toddler's kidnapping said father ‘sold’ girl for $10G, officials say," 3 Sep. 2019 Like the Quoirin family, the McCanns have always said that their daughter was abducted. — Hannah Knowles, Jennifer Hassan, Anchorage Daily News, "British teen found dead in jungle was not abducted or murdered, Malaysian police say," 15 Aug. 2019 The woman was abducted about 11:35 p.m. from the South Ewing Avenue address, police said in a community alert released two days after the assault. — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, "From 10,000 SUVs to 3: How detectives caught a man who attacked a teenager," 2 Aug. 2019 Unless Peterman was actually abducted by aliens and Gruden was watching his clone at training camp. — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, "Uh Oh, Jon Gruden Likes What He Sees in Nathan Peterman," 30 July 2019 In 2016, when 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike was abducted and murdered on the Navajo Nation Reservation—a territory around the size of West Virginia—an Amber Alert was not issued until nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. — Eric Ogden, Marie Claire, "The Invisible Victims," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abduct.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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