2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr & vb
n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus p. p. of abducere See
{Abduce}.]
1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a
human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to
kidnap.
2. To draw away as a limb or other part from its ordinary
position.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abducted
adj : (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for
ransom: "the father restored the kidnapped (or
abducted) child to the mother" [syn: {kidnapped}, {kidnaped}]
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