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Meanings of abductor in English

Portuguese
raptor
Catalan
raptor
Spanish
raptor

Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

        raptor
        Portuguese
        abdutor
        Catalan
        múscul abductor

        Muscle whose function is to move away from the central line of the body the part to which it is connected.

              abdutor
              Synonyms
              Examples for "kidnapper"
              Examples for "kidnapper"
              1
              A kidnapper didn't need to know his victim wasn't afraid of him.
              Heart of stone
              2
              First he must determine whether Mariko had indeed been the kidnapper's accomplice.
              The Dragon King’s Palace
              3
              I'm not. I'm a kidnapper, and I need help with two kids.
              Fine things
              4
              I want to help find your son's kidnapper, and Charles isn't it.
              Danielle Steel
              5
              The kidnapper said Dubois was still ill and her health was deteriorating.
              Reuters
              1
              That's an improvement over your body snatcher remark the other night.
              Calamity jayne
              2
              At Iridium's feet, the purse snatcher tried to jump and run.
              Shades of gray
              3
              Instead of a crazed fan, the assailant was an opportunist purse-snatcher.
              The Irish Times
              4
              One day purse snatcher chose spot to steal woman's bag on his corner.
              The new yorker
              5
              Tou are playing with me, are you, you vile body-snatcher, you loathsome well-whipped scum!
              The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
              1
              It is the joint product of the kidnaper, pirate, thief, murderer, and hypocrite.
              The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10: Drummond to Jowett, and Ge...
              2
              She retreated-untilthe night-stick and the kidnaper knife were between her and the poke.
              The Poor Little Rich Girl
              3
              Lancelot succeeded in reaching the castle of Guinevere's kidnaper, whom he challenged and defeated.
              Legends of the Middle Ages / Narrated with Special Reference to ...
              4
              And yet I would have been a kidnaper, I suppose.
              Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
              5
              She declared she was thrifty, but neither a miser, nor a kidnaper, nor a witch.
              Welsh Fairy Tales
              Usage of abductor in English
              1
              That maybe she had escaped from an abductor or assailant, Daniel said.
              Tell me, pretty maiden
              2
              To report the demographic data and outcomes of endoscopic hip abductor repair.
              Pubmed
              3
              They mourned the loss of the fair abductor more than her offense.
              Selected Stories of Bret Harte
              4
              Each of the men on this board is a known child abductor.
              The abduction
              5
              Shouts and shrieks were of no avail to detain the horrid abductor.
              The Castaways
              6
              The lady was Mademoiselle de Pointdexter, and her abductor Vicomte de Tulle.
              In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
              7
              I thought that in this mother, we might find the child's abductor.
              The Millionaire Baby
              8
              Backup guard Ish Smith tore an abductor muscle at Milwaukee on Wednesday.
              Reuters
              9
              Artemiss abductor was describing what lay in store for the Irish boy.
              Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
              10
              However, parents were urged to remain vigilant until the abductor had been found.
              The Irish Times
              11
              The abductor was doubtless remembering the instructions to chloroform the Countess.
              Graustark
              12
              The HHS and the hip abductor strengths were higher in the HA group.
              Pubmed
              13
              She leaned against the abductor weight machine, which had been her last exercise.
              Sushi for one?
              14
              One abductor told her the gang had also seized two Europeans.
              Reuters
              15
              The instant she could see, she turned full upon her abductor.
              The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
              16
              Then, calling Raja after me, I set out after Dian and her abductor.
              Pellucidar
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