as in kidnaped
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 abducted
Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The Amber Alert plan in Michigan began in 2001 and is a partnership between law enforcement and the media to immediately disseminate information to the public about an abducted child using the Emergency Alert System.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Columbia Heights police said Wednesday evening, hours after an Amber Alert went out, that an abducted infant and her mother were found safe in Minneapolis.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
David Clarey, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
However, his claims that he had been shot and abducted were quickly disproven.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The report draws particular attention to the Eliza Fletcher case in Memphis, in which a woman was abducted and killed in September 2022.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
In the movie and its following sequels, groups of people who have lived less-than-perfect lives get abducted and placed in sadistic traps.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The film looks at the women whose daughters were abducted in the 2014 Chibok Boko Haram kidnappings.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Carmen Miranda, 37, who was abducted from a car wash at 29th Street and Thomas Road, just blocks from where Goudeau lived, and shot to death in her car on June 29, 2006.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to the standalone episodic plots, Hotel Costiera has a season-long arc in which Daniel and his crew attempt to track down Augusto’s somewhat rebellious younger daughter Alice (Amanda Campana), who may have been abducted, but may actually just be … someplace else.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
But Francisco followed them there and abducted the teen a second time, according to prosecutors.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The United States, Europe, and every nation that claims to stand for law and justice must continue to insist on the return of abducted children as a nonnegotiable precondition for any settlement.
—Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The Amber Alert plan in Michigan began in 2001 and is a partnership between law enforcement and the media to immediately disseminate information to the public about an abducted child using the Emergency Alert System.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Columbia Heights police said Wednesday evening, hours after an Amber Alert went out, that an abducted infant and her mother were found safe in Minneapolis.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The mother of a 7-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint in July will not face charges related to the incident.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
However, his claims that he had been shot and abducted were quickly disproven.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The report draws particular attention to the Eliza Fletcher case in Memphis, in which a woman was abducted and killed in September 2022.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
In the movie and its following sequels, groups of people who have lived less-than-perfect lives get abducted and placed in sadistic traps.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The film looks at the women whose daughters were abducted in the 2014 Chibok Boko Haram kidnappings.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Carmen Miranda, 37, who was abducted from a car wash at 29th Street and Thomas Road, just blocks from where Goudeau lived, and shot to death in her car on June 29, 2006.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to the standalone episodic plots, Hotel Costiera has a season-long arc in which Daniel and his crew attempt to track down Augusto’s somewhat rebellious younger daughter Alice (Amanda Campana), who may have been abducted, but may actually just be … someplace else.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
But Francisco followed them there and abducted the teen a second time, according to prosecutors.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abducted
kidnapped
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An additional 17 military personnel were kidnapped, the presidency claimed.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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In 1984 Catriona Grant, an heiress to an oil fortune, was kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chips shop with her 2-year-old son Adam.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Abducted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abducted. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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