ABDUCT Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

abduct

verb

ab-ˈdəkt

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 One is that traffickers will travel to host cities to abduct or exploit unknown victims. —

Jennifer E. O'Brien, The Conversation, 1 June 2026 Authorities have located a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her father from Nevada after it was learned that they could be headed towards California. —

Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 June 2026 In 2013, Turner — then 5 years old and known as Ethan Gilliam — was abducted from a school bus in rural Alabama by Jimmy Lee Dykes. —

Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026 Blunt and O'Connor's characters appear to become possessed or abducted by aliens. —

Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for abduct

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kidnap

Verb

Last month, a Santa Monica man, also unaffiliated with the university, was charged with kidnapping a female UCLA student in March to try to rape her.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Norm Green kidnaps our former hockey team to Texas, a place where ice is exclusively used to chill Lone Stars.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 29 May 2026