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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.

Synonyms
Examples for "snatch"
Examples for "snatch"
1
Paula was absolutely right: Valean could not be allowed to snatch Laril.
The evolutionary void
2
They may well have been trying to snatch a vehicle, he said.
Reuters
3
I could see him beginning to snatch up all the available rationalizations.
Ghost Story
4
That's why you have the power to snatch me away from Earth.
The Naked God
5
I thought for sure she would snatch the bird from the air.
Promise of the wolves: a novel
1
The FARC holds hundreds of kidnap victims for ransom and political leverage.
Reuters
2
The police said that whoever had done this would kidnap another victim.
Haunted: a novel of stories
3
People are going hungry and those with money feel threatened by kidnap.
Reuters
4
They were able to kidnap one Frenchman, Amin told The Associated Press.
The Irish Times
5
How about answering my first question -why would anyone kidnap you?
The Sword of Shannara
1
With a little luck he hopes to nobble a few more this afternoon.
The Soul of the War
2
We were going well and if you wanted to nobble someone who would you nobble?
The Guardian
3
Which means I nobble him absolutely as soon as I can, first thing in the morning.
The Atrocity Archives
4
Both Professor Littlewood and Mr Riley agreed that greater transparency will nobble New Zealand's growing foreign trust industry.
Radio NZ
5
Attempts had been made to "nobble" a referee.
The Irish Times
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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