as in kidnaping
the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal
discredited reports of abductions by aliens
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He has been charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, three counts of parental abduction, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and domestic assault, police said.
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Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
The series comes after Michal Herba was quietly released 18 months ago for his part in Ayling's abduction (Lukasz Herba is expected to walk free early next year after his 16-year sentence was reduced on appeal).
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
Carl’s abduction, which turns out to be a bit of class warfare, has given him P.T.S.D.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Nearly a year after their abduction by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the bodies of the hostages — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov and Ori Danino — were recovered from a tunnel under the city of Rafah.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
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Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
The series comes after Michal Herba was quietly released 18 months ago for his part in Ayling's abduction (Lukasz Herba is expected to walk free early next year after his 16-year sentence was reduced on appeal).
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
Carl’s abduction, which turns out to be a bit of class warfare, has given him P.T.S.D.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Nearly a year after their abduction by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the bodies of the hostages — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov and Ori Danino — were recovered from a tunnel under the city of Rafah.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
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