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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The three were abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the terror group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel that sparked the war in Gaza now under ceasefire.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
Horn was abducted with his brother, who is not on the list of hostages expected to be released in the ceasefire’s first phase.
—Jalal Bwaitel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Thirty-nine years later, a 62-year-old Michigan man has been accused of abducting the woman in October 1986, Indiana State Police said in a Feb. 11 news release.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
News coverage trails off until September 2003 A man who lives close to where Asha’s backpack was recovered in 2001 confesses to raping and abducting an 11-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
Horn was abducted with his brother, who is not on the list of hostages expected to be released in the ceasefire’s first phase.
—Jalal Bwaitel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Thirty-nine years later, a 62-year-old Michigan man has been accused of abducting the woman in October 1986, Indiana State Police said in a Feb. 11 news release.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
News coverage trails off until September 2003 A man who lives close to where Asha’s backpack was recovered in 2001 confesses to raping and abducting an 11-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Abduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abduct. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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