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Meanings of abduct in English

Portuguese
raptar
Catalan
raptar
Spanish
raptar

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.

        raptar

        Pull away from the body.

              Usage of abduct in English
              1
              Rights groups accuse him of using armed squads to abduct suspected separatists.
              Reuters
              2
              Why should his late majesty abduct the daughter of the grand duke?
              The Goose Girl
              3
              And I never did abduct and sell into slavery any negro persons!
              Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
              4
              The intention had been only to abduct him from Turkey, the sources said.
              Radio NZ
              5
              I also warned her about their plans to abduct her from her home.
              Ready Player One
              6
              They should know they have families too, we can abduct them.
              Reuters
              7
              Take it from me, the grendelkin's talents were wasted on the abduct-rape-devour industry.
              Side Jobs
              8
              Morris will doubtless abduct her, and that will be the end of it.
              The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Ha...
              9
              Unless the intent was not to abduct -but to protect.
              The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
              10
              I am come to recover the girl you bewitch and abduct.
              Engineering Infinity
              11
              The paedophile in the car didn't abduct me from my school.
              The Guardian
              12
              It won't do the Germans any good to abduct Edison unless-
              The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory, U.S....
              13
              GRIMES, a brutal rustic, suborned by Tyrrel to abduct Miss Melville.
              Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
              14
              Macdonald's lieutenant got busy at once with plans to abduct Holt.
              The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
              15
              That isn't the word, because you don't abduct your lawful wife.
              I've Married Marjorie
              16
              To abduct one woman while paying court to another, the traitor!
              The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
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