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

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Recent Examples of abduct The first phase of what was intended to be a three-phase ceasefire saw the return of 33 hostages taken by Hamas, the majority of whom were abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, as well as the release of 1,800 Palestinian prisoners held by Jerusalem. Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025 That debut story finds the Time Lord's new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), abducted and whisked off to a planet called Miss Belinda Chandra. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025 On the sidewalk, she was abducted by six plainclothes ICE officials and taken to a facility in central Louisiana. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Apr. 2025 But that is not a justification for ICE's actions—abducting him and deporting him to a country from which he was supposed to be protected. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abduct
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  • In Nigeria alone, where about half of the population is Christian, 3,100 Christians were killed and 2,830 were kidnapped in 2024, according a report by international religious freedom watchdog Open Doors.
    Peter Pinedo, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • In Super Mario Odyssey, Bowser kidnaps Peach to… marry her?
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Abduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abduct. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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