abducts

present tense third-person singular of abduct
as in kidnaps
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 abducts Another common mistake people make is rounding their shoulders forward, which abducts the scapula (moves the shoulder blades apart from one another). Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025 Escaped from the gross goo sack, the Xenomorph abducts Hermit at the end of Episode 2, leaving Wendy to go after him once again. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
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kidnaps
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  • Wednesday’s Stalker Reveals Themselves As a part of Prank Day, Wednesday’s stalker kidnaps Enid and Bruno and puts them in Iago Tower under a platform of knives that lowers unless Wednesday can solve a puzzle to save them.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Abducts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abducts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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